The North technically won the Civil War but the South was victorious at the end. From Schurz perspective he said that “Northern victory had freed the slaves, he observed, but it had not changed the former slaveholders’ minds about blacks’ unfitness for freedom” (Roark et al 434) that being said the South went through a lot of trouble to prevent the slaves from having their rights.
“Reconstruction did not wait for the end of the war (Roark et al 435).” Reconstruction took place in 1865-1877 while the Civil War took place in 1861-1869. The southern states removed themselves from the nation however, Lincoln pardon the states and allowed them to return under certain terms. The states had to take responsibility for leaving the nation and accept the fact that slaves were now free this was Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. “When 10 percent of a state’s voting population had taken an oath of allegiance, the state could organize a new government and be readmitted into the Union (Roark et al 435).” After President Lincoln was assassinated On April 15, 1865 Vice President Andrew Johnson took office. Johnson was a democrat …show more content…
I believed the South won the Civil War because they had the KKK in their side who terrorize anyone that didn’t support their belief; the “Black Codes” which prohibited African American from voting; even after ex-slaves were freed they worked for ex-master in plantations. The blacks were banned from public facilities and the southern didn’t treat them as equal. They were threaten, beaten, and taken away from their families that why they had a program called Freedmen’s Bureau which helped them find their loves ones through newspaper advertisement. The south made sure they ex-slaves were not educated although some of their children got the chance to go to schools. The South found unique ways to still keep the ex-slaves under their
“Reconstruction did not wait for the end of the war (Roark et al 435).” Reconstruction took place in 1865-1877 while the Civil War took place in 1861-1869. The southern states removed themselves from the nation however, Lincoln pardon the states and allowed them to return under certain terms. The states had to take responsibility for leaving the nation and accept the fact that slaves were now free this was Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. “When 10 percent of a state’s voting population had taken an oath of allegiance, the state could organize a new government and be readmitted into the Union (Roark et al 435).” After President Lincoln was assassinated On April 15, 1865 Vice President Andrew Johnson took office. Johnson was a democrat …show more content…
I believed the South won the Civil War because they had the KKK in their side who terrorize anyone that didn’t support their belief; the “Black Codes” which prohibited African American from voting; even after ex-slaves were freed they worked for ex-master in plantations. The blacks were banned from public facilities and the southern didn’t treat them as equal. They were threaten, beaten, and taken away from their families that why they had a program called Freedmen’s Bureau which helped them find their loves ones through newspaper advertisement. The south made sure they ex-slaves were not educated although some of their children got the chance to go to schools. The South found unique ways to still keep the ex-slaves under their