The era of social and economic Reconstruction in the South took place during 1865 through to 1877. It was a great failure with too many clashing factors for it so become any sort of success, which was what brought it all to an end after only about ten years. There were too many opposing elements in most minor and major political fields. Plus it was being paired with much economic hardships, the tension following the bloody Civil War, and the attempts to try to redesign the entire United State’s broken social structure, especially in still very racist South. All of which were slowly but definitely destroyed the plans of a great future that Reconstruction was meant to create for everyone of the United States.
President Lincoln was assassinated …show more content…
In 1876 the Republican Party held strong power in only three US Southern states. Because part of a negotiation agreement the Republican party agreed to end their part in Radical Reconstruction. Which in turn lead only helped in the almost complete domination of almost all of the Southern states by the Democratic Party in a political standpoint. In 1877, almost all government military was moved from the Southern States, which was practically a way to ended any accountability held by the government for making sure that African American’s could use their civil …show more content…
In the North, there was a great neglect to meet the financial need of the newly freed men. The African Americans were not prepared for their part in our government's bureaucracy or did they have any real financial opportunities. There was not any safeguard for them against any brutality or terrorizing much of which was found in the Southern States. Often times the government officials that were elected into office to help protect the people of the United Stated were racist as well. The African Americans had to rely on the Northern white population to be the ones to protect them from racist white Southerners, who were creating organizations such as the infamous Ku Klux Klan. These groups did not only terrorized African Americans but also often times attacked, brutally beat and killed them. All of which scared and discouraged worked to discourage the African Americans from using their newly given rights. Being unable to meet economic on their own, many of the ex-slaves in the south had no choice but to continue working on the property that was owned by their past masters, for minimal pay.
The Reconstruction era meant to make great gains in renovating in the Southern states and the entire United States, which was broken by the damages of the Civil War, and to broaden public services for everyone by government funded services like public
President Lincoln was assassinated …show more content…
In 1876 the Republican Party held strong power in only three US Southern states. Because part of a negotiation agreement the Republican party agreed to end their part in Radical Reconstruction. Which in turn lead only helped in the almost complete domination of almost all of the Southern states by the Democratic Party in a political standpoint. In 1877, almost all government military was moved from the Southern States, which was practically a way to ended any accountability held by the government for making sure that African American’s could use their civil …show more content…
In the North, there was a great neglect to meet the financial need of the newly freed men. The African Americans were not prepared for their part in our government's bureaucracy or did they have any real financial opportunities. There was not any safeguard for them against any brutality or terrorizing much of which was found in the Southern States. Often times the government officials that were elected into office to help protect the people of the United Stated were racist as well. The African Americans had to rely on the Northern white population to be the ones to protect them from racist white Southerners, who were creating organizations such as the infamous Ku Klux Klan. These groups did not only terrorized African Americans but also often times attacked, brutally beat and killed them. All of which scared and discouraged worked to discourage the African Americans from using their newly given rights. Being unable to meet economic on their own, many of the ex-slaves in the south had no choice but to continue working on the property that was owned by their past masters, for minimal pay.
The Reconstruction era meant to make great gains in renovating in the Southern states and the entire United States, which was broken by the damages of the Civil War, and to broaden public services for everyone by government funded services like public