Your class was introduced to the Reconstruction of the South on Tues., Jan. 3rd. Below are the lyrics:
Oh, I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am.
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
I’m glad I fought agin’ her, I only wish we’d won,
And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.
I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do;
I hates the Declaration of Independence, too.
I hates the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood;
And I hates the striped banner – I fit [fought] it all I could.
I rode with Robert E. Lee for three years nearabout,
Got wounded in four places and I starved at Point Lookout.
I cotch [caught] the rheumatism a-campin’ in the snow,
But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’.
Three hundred thousand Yankees is stiff in Southern dust;
We got three hundred thousand before they conquered us.
They died of Southern fever, and Southern steel and shot;
And I wish they were three million instead of what we got.
I can’t take up my musket and fight ‘em now no more,
But I ain’t gonna love ‘em, now that is certain sure.
And I don’t want no pardon for what I was and am,
And I won’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.
Oh, I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am.
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
I’m glad I fought agin’ [against] her, I only wish we’d won,
And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.
•“The Good Old Rebel”, written by a former Confederate Army officer, was very popular among former Confederate soldiers who disliked the Reconstruction policies of the federal government.
•Many of these former rebels headed west to Texas and Mexico to avoid Reconstruction.
•This song exemplifies the resistance and anger that many Southerners felt toward the policies of Reconstruction.
•Your task in the next few days is to determine why Reconstruction was so opposed in the South, and which side was more to blame for the ultimate failings of Reconstruction, the North or the South.
Questions
•What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
•Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
•Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator.
-Answer these questions as a reply to this blog entry by Thurs., Jan. 5th.
After the Civil War, the United States government began the long & arduous process of Reconstruction. The next dozen years saw former slaves reach new heights socially, economically, and politically, but not without resistance among white Southerners. Then, upon the inauguration of new President Rutherford B. Hayes in March 1877, Reconstruction abruptly ended. Was the work the federal government began to remake the South truly finished, or was the end premature?
There is a wealth of information to learn about Reconstruction, and not much class time to do it in. It is truly a fascinating topic, one that I think helps to explain race relations and regional differences still alive today in the United States. And yet, it is such a little known topic.
The following are due dates that you have in APUSH for the next week-and-a-half. Manage your time wisely, because this is a lot.
1.) "American Pageant" Guidebook for Ch. 22 due on Fri., Jan. 6th.
2.) Monterey Institute, Unit 5, Lessons 39-40: view the videos, complete all “Consider This” questions (there are only two, both from Lesson 40), and also complete the following:
a.) Chapter 13 Writing Assignment (straight from the Monterey Institute website)
b.) Chapter 13 Discussion Question (same as above)
c.) Both “Consider This” questions & the two other questions are due on Mon., 1/9
3.) Read the article saved on my McKeel website ("The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage," by Edward L. Ayers) and write a precis', minimum 500 words, posted on this blog. This is due by Thurs., Jan. 12th.
4.) DBQ - "Who Killed Reconstruction: North or South?" (will not be analyzed in class; you will receive on Thursday, Jan. 5th, and it will be due on Fri., Jan. 13th. If you have questions about any of the documents, you will need to ask me before Thurs., Jan. 12th.
6.) Ch. 17-22 Exam on Tues., Jan. 10th.
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I do not give a damn
I hate the Yankee nation
I don't want no pardon
2.
Yankee nation
the Declaration of Independence
the glorious Union
3.
the Civil War
the signing of the Declaration of Indepenedence
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's Pardon
•What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
There are many terms which terms in this particular song that show the attitude of the South towards the Union and the outcome of the Civil War. But three terms that specifically portray the attitude are:
Pardon- This term clearly states that the South has no remorse and they would redo the Civil War any day. And they do not need the pity of the North, they can survive on their own.
Reconstructed- Another stance that was seen among the South was that they were not enthusiastic about the reconstruction. Even though it would help themselves, but the mere fact that the North is going to pity the South
Hates- It is suffice to say that hate is the theme of the song, this narrator is trying to show the hate he has for the Union. And that is repeated many times.
•Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
From the song it is evident that the author abhors the Union, the Yankee nation, and the Declaration of Independence. The evident reason for the hating the Union is that it was oppressing the South, the reason for hating the Yankee nation Is that it thought itself to be the greater portion of the United States. And the South hated the Declaration of Independence because it is the reason that they lost their slaves, the fact that it has “all men are created equal”.
•Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator.
The main events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator is the reconstruction process that the South had to go through. It did not like the hand me downs from the North, and the pitiful nature it was showing upon the South.
•What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
- "I hates the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood" (of which is in reference to the Civil War)
- "But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’."
- "They (in reference to Union soldiers) died of Southern fever, and Southern steel and shot;
And I wish they were three million instead of what we got."
•Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
- The writer of the song made it clear that he disliked the Union and everything it stood for. Instead of referring to the Union states as part of the South, he refers to the North as the "Yankee nation", which clearly exemplifies the strong hate and dislike the writer of the song held against the Union by eliminating any Union affiliation and support through his lyrics. And, lastly, his lyrics indicate that he disliked the Reconstruction policies presented by the federal government.
•Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator.
- The Reconstruction policies presented by the federal government.
- The federal governments wish to pardon those who had committed treasonous acts to support and establish a stable foundation for the Confederate states.
- The Civil War; perhaps significant to the writer because it's not unlikely that the writer lost family and friends in the war, which could've fueled his hate and anger toward the Union.
1. What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
I do not give a damn, I only wish we’d won, hate(s), I’d like to kill some mo’, But I ain’t gonna love ‘em, And I don’t want no pardon
2. Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
Yankees, Declaration of Independence, Union
3. Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator.
American Civil war(duh?), specifically “Point Lookout”; Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan (because it would give so much pardon for something they don’t regret); reconstruction
1. "Oh, I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am."
(This showed their stance on their beliefs and states' rights.)
"I cotch [caught] the rheumatism a-campin’ in the snow,
But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’"
(This showed the Southern will to fight and the rebellious state they were in. It also seemed they retaliated against the North well.)
"They died of Southern fever, and Southern steel and shot;
And I wish they were three million instead of what we got."
(This showed that even after the Civil War, it seemed that most southerners still wanted to fight and rebel against Northern ideas.)
2. The song states that rebellious southerners hated the;
Yankees/Northerners
The Declaration of Independence
Reconstruction
3. "I rode with Robert E. Lee for three years nearabout,
Got wounded in four places and I starved at Point Lookout."
"I cotch [caught] the rheumatism a-campin’ in the snow,
But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’."
"They died of Southern fever, and Southern steel and shot;
And I wish they were three million instead of what we got."
"I’m glad I fought agin’ [against] her, I only wish we’d won,
And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done."
1. What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
• “I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do” This phrase shows the real hatred the Confederate soldiers had for the Union after the war.
• “Three hundred thousand Yankees is stiff in Southern dust... And I wish they were three million instead of what we got.” The amount of soldiers’ deaths on the other side was not enough in the eyes of the rebels, but they were fine with what they had.
• “And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.” The rebels did everything because they choose too, and they aren’t going to asked to be pardon, so there is no point of giving them one.
2. Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Glorious Union/ The Yankee Nation
• The Reconstruction
3. Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator
• The many battles throughout the Civil War, in particular, the ones where he was injured.
• The Civil War itself.
• Point Lookout.
• Riding with Robert E. Lee for three years, fighting for the South’s freedom.
1) "And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
I’m glad I fought agin’ her, I only wish we’d won". "I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do; I hates the Declaration of Independence, too. I hates the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood; And I hates the striped banner – I fit [fought] it all I could". "I can’t take up my musket and fight ‘em now no more,
But I ain’t gonna love ‘em, now that is certain sure."
2)Yankees, the Declaration of Independence and the 'striped banner'.
3)His ride with Lee, time spent at Point Lookout and the numbers of Yankee soilders killed versus the Confederate soilders seem significant to the song's narrator.
1. What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
• “And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.” This phrase shows the indifference of the confederates. They did not want anything to do with the north. That hated absolutely everything about them.
• “I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.” This phrase shows another example of how the southerners had an insubordinate attitude about the whole situation. They didn’t regret anything, and if they could get the chance to do it again, they would.
• “I hates the Declaration of Independence, too.” This phrase shows that the confederate states still had the belief that the government was on the side of the northern states. The Declaration of Independence was a symbol of the “union” in which they did not want to take part in any longer.
2. Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
The song hates the Declaration of Independence, the union, and the flag, which is referred to as the “striped banner.”
3. Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator.
The narrator of the song seems to have been imprisoned at Point Lookout, a Civil War Prison Camp. He mentioned it in his lyrics.
•What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
1."And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn. "
2."I’m glad I fought agin’ her, I only wish we’d won,"
3."But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’. "
-Amado R.
•Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
1."I hates the Declaration of Independence, too. "
2."And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn. "
3."I hates the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood; "
•Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator.
"I rode with Robert E. Lee for three years nearabout,
Got wounded in four places and I starved at Point Lookout.
I cotch [caught] the rheumatism a-campin’ in the snow,
But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’. "
What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in "The Good Old rebel?"
1.I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.
2.And I won’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.
3.I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do
Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
One of the items that the song seems to dislike is the Declaration of Independence, The Yankee nation and the Striped banner.
Identify the events that seem to be significant to the song's narrator.
He rode with one of the most accomplished southern generals, He was wounded in a battle and he wished the southerners would have killed more of the Yankees.
• People in other nations saw that they lived in conflicts like the United States were facing.
• Defining nationhood, deciding the future of slavery, reinventing warfare for an industrial age, and reconstructing former slave societies were all played out in the American Civil War.
• The United States in the 1860s was held together by law rather than by memory, religion, or monarch.
• Slavery was the first kind of globalization. It was the most powerful and the most widespread.
• Slavery grew the most in the United States even though colonies came and went and economies boomed and crashed.
• Cotton drove many factories.
• The global economy of commodities and ideology, demanding cotton while attacking slavery, put enormous and contradictory strains on the young American nation.
• In the first half of the nineteenth century a new urge to define national identity flowed through the western world.
• Some focused on inalienable attributed of humankind others focused on ethnic unity and economic self-interest.
• Once it was clear that there would be a war between the North and the South both nations innovated at a fast pace and received many ideas from across the ocean.
• Many people in Europe and other nations observed the United States and their new innovations to see how the Americans would use it.
• Some believed that the Civil War was the first total war and the first truly modern war based on the size, innovation, and destructiveness of the Civil War.
• The South relied their economic prospers to Britain and France buying their cotton, but to the South’s surprise they both stocked up on cotton years before and were in no need for cotton.
• The North mainly benefited from a discrete way, the inaction of the British and French. These two countries could have changed the outcome and consequences of the war just by their involvement.
• The North was so desperate to turn around the war so it would be in their favor that they enlisted the Emancipation Proclamation after their first victory during the Civil War.
• The Radical Republicans wanted the black’s freedom to be the same as the white’s based on property, citizenship, dignity, and equality.
• The Republicans lost hope in their Reconstruction plan after a decade of bitter, violent, and costly struggle in Reconstruction
• The Reconstruction could have been successful if slaves were allowed to contain political power, if they could go before a judge and a jury and get a fair trial, and they would have been granted with a homestead to start of their economic succession.
• People around the world saw Reconstruction as a mistake.
• The accomplishment of destroying slavery was overshadowed by all the hardships the blacks had to endure afterwards.
• In 1867 William Seward bought Alaska in hopes to purchase British Columbia.
• President Grant was looking at buying Santo Domingo for blacks to migrate.
• The United States focused its postwar energies on commerce and economics.
• Because of the economic boom in America many American engineers went to different countries like Asia, Africa, and Latin America t help them out.
• The Civil War has different meanings for every generation.
The Civil War had just as much as a nationwide impact as it did a worldwide impact. “The young nation touched, directly and indirectly, India and Egypt, Hawaii and Japan, Russia and Canada, the Caribbean and Brazil, Britain and France.” The United States, even in 1860, was still an ‘experimental country’. Being able to maintain a representative government that spanned over a continent was definitely a challenge. Nonetheless, the United States was one big melting pot. The nation was developed from European ideas, the institution of slavery, European powers, massive immigration from Europe as well as the take-over of Native American lands. From the beginning, the United Sates was embodying the risk of contradicting the views and precepts of modern western history.
The Civil War was first fought by North to preserve the Union; by the South, to defend states’ rights. As the war took its course and the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln, the reasons for the war took a different course. The South also started to fight for the right to keep slavery in their societies. The North took the side of anti-slavery and with that action allowed freed slaves from the rebelling states to join the Union Army.
Because African Americans were able to join the army, “the world paid admiring attention to the brave and disciplined black troops in blue uniforms.” The destruction of slavery was a major accomplishment for the United States. The effects weren’t immediate though. During Reconstruction, freedmen still faced many hardships. Their civil rights weren’t being upheld, public groups were created to antagonize the freed blacks, and the South still tried to keep slavery a standard. If the Union didn’t win, our lives would probably be very different now.
During the Civil War, the South was hoping to form an ally with France and/or England. Because they were one of the cotton suppliers to these countries, Southerners hoped for their back up in the Civil War. What they didn’t know was that England and France had a stock pile of cotton from Eygpt and India to use in preparation for the American Civil War. It is believed that one of the contributing factors to the North’s victory over the South was for the action-less intervention from other countries. If these countries would have helped the South in any way, our history books might tell a different story.
As a result of the Civil War, the North’s economy and industrialization boomed. The South also kept a pretty even pace with the North’s industries. Both sides were able to develop railroads and stretch telegraph lines miles on end. Ironclad ships were developed as well as submarines and balloons (these were proved to be disappointments though). These factors and some more, including the number of soldiers who fought in the war and the number of lives lost, contributed to the fact that the Civil War was called the first ‘total war’ or first truly ‘modern war’.
The viewpoints on the Civil War though can differentiate from generation to generation though.
The Civil War was well known around the world. As it was being covered in these other countries, the people of the countries could empathize with both sides of the fight. The other nations could tell that the issue of the battle that was being fought in America is similar to the issues being challenged in other parts of the world. Some of these issues included defining nationality and figuring out how to deal with slavery. America had major effect of nations all around the world, both directly and indirectly. The United Starts is basically the product of all of the different elements in world history. Slavery was at its peak was three centuries after Columbus came to America. It was an important factor on a world wide scale because of how important cotton was. Slavery slowly started too wash out in other parts of the world, it was becoming permanent in the South. Justice was throughout the world and Britain established colonies that were free of slaves. Abolitionist in North America started to work with British allies to try to end slavery. While issue of slavery was going on, there were also dreams of national identity in the west. The South was planning their secession similar to Italy, Poland, and Mexico. While the South was threatening to secede from the union, the Republicans wanted to show the world that America could both deal with their own problems, and with world issues. As it became clear that there would be a war that goes between the two sides, they both started to stack up on military tactics. As the war went on for four years Europe was completely fascinated by it. The Civil War had been the first modern war, even though they used many old-fashion tactics. The Confederates were very dependent on the other nations. They needed Britain and France to come in to save them. they even tried blackmail the counties with their cotton, this did not work of course because both counties and a surplus of cotton in storage. Slavery would not solve itself overnight, everyone, even the people who hated slavery, knew that. The Emancipation Proclamation was not created to end slavery, but to help the Union get more man power in their army. With all of these new men in their army and navy, the Union was able gain an advantage without enforcing the draft. By adding the freedmen into the force, it also gained the freed slaves respect from the other nations. The Radical Republicans wanted to have freedmen have all the same rights as the whites. Even though the Reconstruction had been a good Idea, it was executed improperly. The ending of slavery was the most important accomplishment of the war, but the freedmen were still not treated completely equally. Americans paid close attention to Hawaii and decided that the Hawaiians needed the same discipline as the blacks. The world was surprised when they found out America didn’t use their full army to take land from other large powers. After the war America focused on expanding making money. The American Civil War is viewed differently by every generation. If it had not happen, the whole of history would have been different.
“The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage," by Edward L. Ayers. Says that American’s demanded attention from other countries during the Civil war and Reconstruction time periods. Around the world America was seen as the holders of the biggest slave system, Newspapers were reporting about the past and ongoing wars America was involved in and soon let the other countries watch as that slavery system crumble to the ground. Abraham Lincoln argues that the nation “embraces more than just the fate of the United States”. He also says that the struggles that America was going through were for a better future where every man had a fair chance at life. Despite that America was still a young country and wasn’t very powerful it was still one of the most inspiring countries. “It touched India and Egypt, Hawaii and Japan, Russia and Canada, Mexico and Cuba” and a few more. The States were created by many influences from the Ideologies of the Europeans, African slavery and conquest land from American Indians. In the Americas slavery was the First and most powerful and widespread system of globalization in the first 300 years since Columbus. Despite all the rises and falls of economies and colonies slavery was always on the steady rise. When cotton became one of the key things America was in front of everyone else because of how large their system of slavery was. But as slavery began to become not as popular in other countries it was still just as strong and popular in the Southern United States Of America. Once it was known that war was coming between the North and South they both went outside of the Americas and got advice and information on war tactics and technologies. The Civil war at first was fought to preserve the Union, it was said to have been a fight to get the southern states that seceded back into the union and become one again. Other countries were interested with how the north and south would use those technologies in warfare so they watched the war play out. The size and what happened during the war was a huge spectacle for the other nations as they enjoyed the show. The amount of people that died was immense it would have been around five million people today that died in that war. The war said to be as gruesome as some of the later wars that would take place in the twentieth century. The south was smaller than the north and looked for outside help from Britain and France because they supplied them cotton. But they didn’t come into the war because they no longer needed the cotton they had stocked up on cotton over the years. The years of reconstruction were soon to come after this war was over, radical republicans wanted to have freedom for black men be the same as for white. But they gave up after a violent and costly period. Other countries say reconstruction was a mistake. But the Civil war has a different meaning to every generation.
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