Introduction to "The Reconstruction Convention Simulation".

The cast of characters attending the convention.

The readings for your paper listed by belief.

The Simulation - What you have to do!

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Readings for Belief 7:
Reconstruction should be organized and implemented on a national level.
 
February 6, 1864 Impact of Lincoln’s amnesty proclamation on soldiers in Tennessee; land policy and pre-emption sales in South Carolina.
March 11, 1865 Editorial calling for the federal government to control the process of Reconstruction and the of punishment of Confederate leadership.
April 22, 1865 Editorial at end of Civil War says South must give up states rights.
May 27,1865 Editorial calls for federal government to control Reconstruction and for refusal to seat representatives of the rebel states if they disenfranchise any citizen of the state because of his color. Also reference to black codes.
June 24, 1865 Highly critical editorial commenting on Southern leadership and its continued dangers for the union.
July 15, 1865 Editorial on federal authority versus state authority.
August 5, 1865 Tredegar Iron-Works in Richmond, Virginia confiscated by U.S. Government.
August 12, 1865 General John Turner annuls election in Virginia in which man committed to secession won.
September 16, 1865 Infrastructure of South needs to be rebuilt; extensive discussion of present economic status of the South.
October 21, 1865 Correspondent in Mobile, Alabama describes unwillingness of secessionists and bitter rebels to give up Confederate beliefs.
 
December 9, 1865 Editorial which dismisses fear of centralization of federal government over states in wake of Civil War.
December 9, 1865 Nast cartoon on sectional reconciliation and Thanksgiving.
December 16, 1865 Editorial on suffering and starvation in the South.

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