How Did Reconstruction Dbq

Although reconstruction was expected to be good for freedmen, it was the opposite. Reconstruction took place mostly in the South and the time was around 1865-1877. Reconstruction started after the Civil War when people focused on rebuilding the United States. During this period, Radical Republicans were focused on giving fights to freedmen. Therefore, Radical Republicans aimed to grant freedmen social, political, and economic rights. While Reconstruction gave some social, political, and economic rights to African Americans, ultimately the goals were not fully reached. The first paragraph shows how socially, Reconstruction was working and was helpful to freedmen. As shown in document B, talks about the 14th Amendment. The amendment has 3 clauses, …show more content…
This is one of the few successes in Reconstruction, proving that former enslaved men could participate in the political process. However, this success did not happen for very long because the South and people who were against this new Amendment wrote tests and laws that disallowed freedmen to vote. Document G shows a test to be able to vote. Some questions on this test state, “Draw a line around the number or letter of this sentence.” or “In the space below draw three circles, one inside(engulfed by) the other.” Knowing that most of the questions are impossible to answer because of the wording and that most freedmen do not have an education. Additionally, the document shows a poll tax receipt. This means that they have to pay a certain amount of money to vote, and some freedmen make hardly any money a month. This document explains that the point of the test and taxes was to intentionally target freedmen because the South and others did not want them to