i)Freedom to blacks meant end to slavery, injustice, humiliation. Rights and protections of free men also desired
ii)AAs differed over how to achieve freedom: some wanted economic redistribution including land, others wanted legal equality and opportunity. All wanted independence from white control
iii)Whites wanted life w/o interference of North or federal govt. Thirteenth Amendment (Dec 1865) had abolished slavery, but many planters wanted blacks to be tied to plantations
iv)March 1865 Congress created Freedmen's Bureau to distribute food, create schools, & help poor whites. Only a temporary solution, only operated for 1 yr
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As he spelled it out in the Truman Doctrine: "One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression."
Postwar teens were a major target group of businesses
Postwar teens were a major target group of businesses.
Postwar teens were a major target group of businesses.
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They just desired to have the same rights and freedoms as general white Americans.
As he spelled it out in the Truman Doctrine: "One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression."
The army had a postwar celebration.
During the postwar period, there was little food.
During the postwar era, it did not see the end of imperialism.
Postwar teens were a major target group of businesses
Return to Normalcy was the name of Harding's postwar program.