The new plan made the rebel states into union controlled military districts that tried to force them to accept the new laws. This plan ultimately failed, for as soon the armies left, white “Redeemers” would retake control of the state, making things the way they were originally. However, some changes were made, blacks had a few more rights and provided they could dodge the Black Codes, they could vote. One very large group of American’s still couldn’t vote, and that was the women. Prior to the Civil War, women’s rights movements had been working hard to gain their rights. However, with the war focusing mostly on black rights, the women decide to join arms and support that movement as well. The feminists were then mortified when they saw that none of the new civil rights laws included women! Sadly, the women would have to wait until half a century for their dreams to be
The new plan made the rebel states into union controlled military districts that tried to force them to accept the new laws. This plan ultimately failed, for as soon the armies left, white “Redeemers” would retake control of the state, making things the way they were originally. However, some changes were made, blacks had a few more rights and provided they could dodge the Black Codes, they could vote. One very large group of American’s still couldn’t vote, and that was the women. Prior to the Civil War, women’s rights movements had been working hard to gain their rights. However, with the war focusing mostly on black rights, the women decide to join arms and support that movement as well. The feminists were then mortified when they saw that none of the new civil rights laws included women! Sadly, the women would have to wait until half a century for their dreams to be