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This 10 page paper argues that the history of African Americans in the United States, though begun with the founding of the nation, took its greatest shape from the Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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deny that things are better than they were, equality remains a cherished dream for many, including immigrants, women and blacks. This paper argues that the Civil War and the Reconstruction
period that followed it set the "standard" for blacks; that is, white perceptions of black abilities, talents and beliefs were shaped by these events into a stereotype that whites could
use to systematically deny blacks their rights. Discussion Unit I: Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves in 1863; by 1865, the Civil War was over. However,
the legacy of hatred engendered by that conflict lives to this day. One has only to look at the number of Confederate battle flags, commonly known as the Stars and
Bars, still being flown to understand that the South has never come to terms with its defeat. Part of that legacy is a hatred of African Americans and while its
unfair to accuse all Southerners of harboring racial hatred, there are still enough incidents in the South, and throughout the country for that matter, to alert any thinking person to
the fact that the U.S. is a racist nation that has a great many problems to solve before it can claim to offer equality to all its citizens. Historians have
argued that the U.S. was doomed to fight the Civil War when it wrote a Constitution that left slavery as part of the nations fabric. Certainly it was always contentious
and the Civil War was perhaps the culmination of decades of uncertainty, misery and strife over this issue. At its end, the South was readmitted to the Union but the
old hatreds were not gone, they were stronger than ever. One North Carolinian, writing about his feelings for the North, said "Theyve left me one inestimable privilege-to hate em. I
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