Reconstruction

During the Reconstruction in the years of 1865-1877, Congress was able to establish a group that to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South within the repercussions of the U.S. Civil War. It was called the Freedman Bureau, when it was created 4 million slaves were free because the Union was able to successfully come triumph the Confederates and give the slaves freedom, so they were trapped in the South deteriorating economy and with little knowledge of the outside world. So the…

While the Reconstruction after the civil war was multi-faceted, there were three main goals of Reconstruction era. The North wanted to restore the Union to include all of the Southern states so they could become one nation, compromise with the Southern states that ceded before and during the war to give them a reason to come back and reunite, and to help blacks reenter society by giving them a voice and opportunities never before had. While these goals seemed simple enough, different views of…

Reconstruction is a very strong debatable topic on its success or failure for us African Americans as a whole. Unknowingly after we had fought beside those who encouraged better social and moral standards among the nation for blacks, we were now apart of the new found Reconstruction cause. As a congressman during this time period many may believe that I have succeeded within society just because of my status alone. Coming from a low level status of a slave and having completely no moral or civil…

During the Reconstruction period and the Civil war, times were changing. Paths were being made for African Americans. Laws and amendments were paving the country’s way to greatness. Through this time, the United States accomplished becoming one great nation, while civil rights and laws helped establish who was an American, even though many resisted, the country’s dark past got the USA to unity and it led to where it is today. The main accomplishment through the Civil War and Reconstruction…

The reconstruction era (1865-77) took place after the Civil War in America. In the South, African American and white people both went through some similar experiences and those that were very different when slavery was ended. African American people began to take advantage of the new rights that were given to them including strengthening their church and school systems. They were no longer bound to their oppressors and could seek economic autonomy. Former slaves left their plantation in seek of…

Reconstruction was a time where there aren't any equal rights, protection that ensures safety, a time of violence, the Ku-Klux-Klan, corrupt government and one of the toughest times of history. A few years after the Civil War, blacks were free and the States were divided. The North were radical Republicans who wanted to continue with Reconstruction and South who were the Democrats, but wanted to end Reconstruction. The South was ready to rebuild itself after the war and the Northern Federal…

Reconstruction Policy When the Civil War had ended, many problems remained. For example, the South had to be restored back into the Union, this process or procedure is more known by the name Reconstruction. The Union had come up with many plans for Reconstruction, there was Lincoln’s 10% plan, which was Lincoln's blueprint for Reconstruction, it specified that a southern state could be readmitted or let back into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.…

structure of business intercourse had crumbled. The necessary Reconstruction was for the whole Southern economy. It was just completely in ruins. In this essay I will explain in detail about the Reconstruction the the South after the Civil War. One of the successful aspects in the South's Reconstruction was one of the South’s first state-funded Public schools. Another success was that Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which temporarily divided the South into five…

The American Reconstruction After the bloody and monumental Civil War, America was faced with the turbulent challenge of reintegrating a formerly divided nation and providing new rights for the African American population. The challenge that was placed before the American population was to fabricate the first interracial democracy within American history. As the first Republican president within American history, Abraham Lincoln’s ideals played an essential role to the…

The period of reincorporating Southern states into the Union is known as Reconstruction, as it followed the defeat of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. Officially it began in 1863 and lasted until 1877. The main aim was to reunite a nation with divided convictions and improve the position of African Americans, post abolition of slavery, economically and socially. It can be argued that Reconstruction failed as the legislation passed was ambiguous and was manipulated to continue…