Advantages And Disadvantages Of Reconstruction

During the reconstruction era many people including African Americans and poor white men migrated from the North to the South in the search for jobs and opportunities. Depending on a person’s status, race or color, many were benefiting from the reconstruction and many were at the disadvantage. African Americans who were former slaves were at the disadvantages. They struggle because of Lincoln's assassination, the KKK and the Black Codes.
To start, when the thirteenth Amendment was passed on January 31, 1865, many African American slaves were free. The fourteenth amendment allowed them to remain in the united states and the fifteenth amendment allowed them to vote, however those who were against black people still found a way to stop them from