There Are Several Examples in American History of Rapid Reconciliation

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Essay

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe. Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory proposed by Freud that describes a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy and rivalry with the same-sex parent.

Impulsiveness

A tendency to act on spontaneous desires without considering the consequences.

Superego

Part of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the ethical or moral self that counters the impulses of the id.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates the demands of the id, superego, and reality.