Question.480 - ESSAY 1Below you will see two Essay topics relevant to the material covered in Reconstruction and Conquering the West. Please read both topics carefully and select ONE topic on which you wish to write. Compose your topic carefully, edit it for grammar, punctuation, and spelling, and then submit it. If you are unsure of the rules on submitting Essays, please review the gray-shaded section in the Course Syllabus on how to complete Essays. Your Essay must be a minimum of 500 words in length (you may write more than 500 words if you wish) and will be worth up to 30 points.This Essay assignment will remain open through Thursday, March 24th at 11:59 PM. Reconstruction: What was the “New South” like during Reconstruction (1865-1877)? Talk briefly about changes in the Southern economy (industrialization, creation of new forms of labor such as sharecropping) and society (relations between Whites and African Americans; creation by Blacks of a free Black society). How did the non-slave economy, Black Codes, and "Jim Crow" laws impact both African Americans and Whites living in the South? Conquering the West: There were many groups of migrants who traveled into the West during the 1800s. Identify ONE of these groups and explain BRIEFLY their motives for settling in the American West: why was this group attracted to the West, and where did they settle within the region? What did they do to change the area in which they settled? How did this affect the history of the region as a whole? (Hint: Groups include various European immigrant groups, white Americans, African Americans, Asians [Chinese worked in mining and railroads, for example], and Mormons. Groups can also be defined as, for example, railroad workers, miners, farmers, and ranchers.)
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