The Gilded Age: The Reconstruction And Progressive Era

Between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I, freedman, farmers, workers, and slaves created a lot of political organizations to support their shared goals. Most of the populations doing the labor work were often African-Americans (Blacks). Experiencing The Gilded Age, the Reconstruction and Progressive Era, was not an easy way to live. African Americans had no rights and were treated harshly. The jobs and roles they played were as freedmen, farmers, workers and slaves. White people were the owners of all this workingmen. They would hustle to get special treatment from their masters; no rebellious action was committed until the Civil War period. In the process of the Civil War, there was a vast amount of slaves being freed, but not in all the states. The Reconstruction Era was introduced in 1866 and began enforcing it in 1867. It created loopholes for African-Americans to legally have civil and voting rights. This is when the …show more content…
They were not claiming to be defending American traditions because in the past they were just slaves for the white. They wanted America to be their home too. The Constitution of the United States of America and, the Fourteen Amendment supported that they were seeking to transform America by giving them the right of life, liberty and property. Including, the right to vote, which white people did not approve, and refuse to vote in favor of it. This way African Americans had the majority of the vote and was assured that for the person that they had voted for will help them to transform America for a good cause on making it better. “During the Gilded Age, the labor movement offered a very different understanding of freedom” (McNeill, pg.39). The freedmen, workers, farmers and slaves had no intentions on seeking revenge on white supremacist. All they demanded was equality, and to have their own rights and