After the Civil War, there was a huge reconstruction era in The United States. The purpose was to help the slaves have the equal rights as white men. The famous 13th 14th and 15th Amendments were published, which meant to improve the living conditions for the slaves. And by the effort of civil rights activists, the schools for young African Americans were built one by one. The Reconstruction Era definitely did the revolutionary breakthrough progress, however, overall, it is still a failure. Those years did not make freemen's lives better, even got them suffer worse discrimination.
At first, the economic situation of African Americans was too bad, since the most land belonged to the white man. For the living, they had to become "sharecroppers",
At first, the economic situation of African Americans was too bad, since the most land belonged to the white man. For the living, they had to become "sharecroppers",