Reconstruction refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. Abraham Lincoln, the president through the civil war created the Reconstruction to help repair the country and make the country whole again, while help African-Americans transition into society. However, the original plan didn’t turn out as plan, after Lincoln was assassinated his vice president, Andrew Jackson didn’t follow Lincoln’s plan. The Reconstruction was meant to be a time of peace and unity, but instead it was filled with pain, cruelty, and agony. In the Reconstruction, it brought the failure of the Congressional Reconstruction, the up rise of the Ku Klux Klan, and the ignorance of the Black Codes. Due to all these events and much more, Reconstruction
