Nov 9,2017 Reconstruction brought many changes to the United States. It brought about changes within the social climate, economical changes, and it also brought changes in a political sense. The way of life was altered tremendously. The effects of reconstruction left its mark on America for the years to follow. Along with reconstruction came many different changes in social life and structure. African American had the biggest change in social status. From being slaves (property) to free men and women. Free was the title given, but there were still many barriers holding back the African American race from their full potential. Things like black codes limited the civil and political rights of
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There was a growth of railroads, tenant farming, and sharecropping. The growth of railroads was beneficial, as it expanded the nation and gave us access to places we may have never been. It also helped shipped much needed supplies and product to and from where needed be faster and efficiently. This was technically a one up in the economical department. Tenant farming and sharecropping was big in the south during reconstruction. Being that the Civil War was fought on southern grounds, it destroyed many plantations, farms, etc. Many people were left homeless, and broke. Those who still had remaining plantations struggled to find workers to fill the slaves’ shoes. After all free labor was outlawed. Former slaves mostly resulted to share cropping. Much of their skill set was agriculture. Many of the slaves knew nothing outside of picking cotton or attending cattle so they stuck close to the farming scene. A sharecropper “is someone who would farm land that belonged to a land owner, they would plow, plant, weed, and harvest the land. However, they would in return keep a small percentage of the crop for themselves.”(study.com). Tenant farmers typically rented a piece of another person’s land to grow crops but in turn paid a fee. These all changed the economy in one way or the …show more content…
The thirteenth amendment is introduced resulting in the prohibition of slavery anywhere in the United States. This freed slaves, and gave them a sense of security in their new found positions. The fourteenth amendment locked in the citizenship of African Americans , mandating that the former slaves are to be treated and established as full American citizens with all right given as anyone else. The fifteenth amendment offered the right vote to African American men. The political aspects are relatively similar to the social aspects. They go hand in hand. The political changes are what motivated the social changes. These were all good things in the eyes of the African Americans and north, but the south had a burning passion for causing trouble. They had lost the war, their slaves, ultimately a large sum of their income. There was a very bitter taste left in the South’s mouth due to
There was a growth of railroads, tenant farming, and sharecropping. The growth of railroads was beneficial, as it expanded the nation and gave us access to places we may have never been. It also helped shipped much needed supplies and product to and from where needed be faster and efficiently. This was technically a one up in the economical department. Tenant farming and sharecropping was big in the south during reconstruction. Being that the Civil War was fought on southern grounds, it destroyed many plantations, farms, etc. Many people were left homeless, and broke. Those who still had remaining plantations struggled to find workers to fill the slaves’ shoes. After all free labor was outlawed. Former slaves mostly resulted to share cropping. Much of their skill set was agriculture. Many of the slaves knew nothing outside of picking cotton or attending cattle so they stuck close to the farming scene. A sharecropper “is someone who would farm land that belonged to a land owner, they would plow, plant, weed, and harvest the land. However, they would in return keep a small percentage of the crop for themselves.”(study.com). Tenant farmers typically rented a piece of another person’s land to grow crops but in turn paid a fee. These all changed the economy in one way or the …show more content…
The thirteenth amendment is introduced resulting in the prohibition of slavery anywhere in the United States. This freed slaves, and gave them a sense of security in their new found positions. The fourteenth amendment locked in the citizenship of African Americans , mandating that the former slaves are to be treated and established as full American citizens with all right given as anyone else. The fifteenth amendment offered the right vote to African American men. The political aspects are relatively similar to the social aspects. They go hand in hand. The political changes are what motivated the social changes. These were all good things in the eyes of the African Americans and north, but the south had a burning passion for causing trouble. They had lost the war, their slaves, ultimately a large sum of their income. There was a very bitter taste left in the South’s mouth due to