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Franklin D Roosevelt Upper Class Society
1,690 wordsAlthough Eleanor Roosevelt served as first lady from 1932 to 1945, her influence lasted much longer than expected. Eleanor became her husbands ears and eyes during her husbands presidency and aided human rights during her entire life. She did what no other First Lady, or woman had dared to do before; she challenged society's wrong doings. Many respected her; President Truman had called her the First Lady of the World (Freedman, 168). Eleanor Roosevelt was an amazing first lady who helped her hus...
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Oxford Oxford University Douglass Frederick
1,588 wordsThe time following the Emancipation Proclamation was at first a time when the color line was blurred. Blacks and whites intermingled freely, more so then ever before, yet these interactions were not representative of the South accepting the freedman into society. The Black Codes were enacted so that the former enslaved was not treated as equals in social and political relations. During the Reconstruction the freedman was searching for the meaning of his freedom and the responsibility it brought....
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