The Reconstruction Era after the Civil War was beneficial to American society, due to many of their social, political, and economic changes, causing these changes to go on longer than expected. During this time, President Lincoln set up a plan to restore the Union, in which 10% of white men had to pledge loyalty to, believing that the Southern state could form a new state government. He wanted a new government to abolish slavery completely, as his past attempts by doing so have failed. Once Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Andrew Johnson took over his presidency and invented a new plan for Reconstruction. For this plan to succeed, he must have a majority of voters in each Southern state to pledge loyalty to the United States and have the 13th Amendment ratified. The actions of Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plans affected American society politically, socially, and economically at the time it existed.
One major political change that occurred during Reconstruction was the ratification of the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment was, as stated in Document 1, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the State where they reside.” This amendment defined citizenship for all people, calling any person born in the U.S. a certified American citizen. This change puts a major effect on American citizens because it …show more content…
A significant effect in American economy that occurred because of the Reconstruction was the grand Industrial movement in the South. Many of these economic effects are shown in Document 5, in which Charles Dudley Warner explains the benefits of the South’s business. “We found a South wide awake to business, astonished at the development of its own immense resources in metals, marbles, coal, timber, fertilizers, rapidly opening minds, building furnaces and all sorts of shops. It is like the discovery of a new
One major political change that occurred during Reconstruction was the ratification of the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment was, as stated in Document 1, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the State where they reside.” This amendment defined citizenship for all people, calling any person born in the U.S. a certified American citizen. This change puts a major effect on American citizens because it …show more content…
A significant effect in American economy that occurred because of the Reconstruction was the grand Industrial movement in the South. Many of these economic effects are shown in Document 5, in which Charles Dudley Warner explains the benefits of the South’s business. “We found a South wide awake to business, astonished at the development of its own immense resources in metals, marbles, coal, timber, fertilizers, rapidly opening minds, building furnaces and all sorts of shops. It is like the discovery of a new