American History: Political Movements and Policies from 1865 to 1930s

Running Head: AMERICAN HISTORY
AMERICAN HISTORY
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1AMERICAN HISTORY
Political movements and the policies are considered to be of great value in course of
reshaping the socio-political life in US. In this context, the aftermath of the Civil War was
identified as the inception of a liberation for not only slavery but also it had direct impact to the
racial discrimination and the rights of the women. Therefore, it can be argued that the aftermath
of the Civil War in 1861 had immense significance in course of studying the history of America.
In this regard, the purpose of this essay is to deliver a better understanding of the American
movements from 1865 to 1930s and points out the driving factors to change the American
society extensively.
Abolition of slavery was identified as one of the best part in the history of America.
According to Sanso-Navarro, Sanz and Vera-Cabello (2015) the abolition of slavery was an
outcome of the Civil War, initiated in the year of 1861. It can be stated that the leading Republic
Party was strongly against the practice of slavery, still existed in the Southern part of the country.
Abraham Lincoln detested slavery and intended to abolish the practice in order to solidify the
equal rights of all the citizens. Moreover, at that time the vision was to create a Confederate
States of America that required the annexation of Southern part into the fold. Moreover, through
the research of college.cengage.com. (2019) it can be seen that the slaves of the Southern
territory also participated into the purpose to earn their rights as the citizens of America. As a
result of that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in America permanently.
In addition to this, it can be stated that the role of the Northern government was not
limited to abolish slavery only. In this regard, the 14th Amendment provided the citizenship rights
to the former slaves and as a result of that it became an important step to establish the equal
rights for the people. According to West (2014) abolishing slavery was not the end of the
government initiatives to stop helping the former slaves. Incorporating them into the mainstream