After the catastrophic Civil War‚ the Reconstruction era struggled to repair the shattered nation. In the beginning of the time period‚ Congress passed new amendments into the Constitution to integrate former slaves into America’s society. The 14th Amendment was one of these new additions to the Constitution‚ which gave equal rights to freedmen. The 15th Amendment allowed blacks to vote and express their views on politics. The Reconstruction Amendments aimed to give citizenship rights and the ability
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Period 8 The era from 1860 to 1877 was a time of reconstruction and revolution in America. Many constitutional developments aided the reform movement‚ such as the ratification of the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th Amendments‚ which granted African Americans voting and civil rights. Though these changes seemed like a step in the right direction‚ social values such as white supremacy didn’t allow things to go as planned. Despite the fact that African Americans were granted rights on paper‚ they still weren’t
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The reconstruction Era was full of hardships and pain‚ but in the end was a very important period of time. The South was the most affected by the civil war and reconstruction because it was the side that wanted to split in the first place. After the civil war‚ the South had to agree to stop slavery before they could join back into the United States. Reconstruction was hard for African Americans because many white men didn’t treat them equal. The economy was a failure because many African Americans
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Reconstruction of 1865 In 1865‚ President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilksbooth‚ which led Vice President Andrew Johnson to take over the role as president. In effect‚ this started the beginning of Johnson’s reconstruction plan. The reconstruction plan was to free the slaves and to try to rejoin the union in as little time as possible. This effected the African Americans in many different ways as their economic‚ social‚ and political patterns were changed drastically. Yet‚ some southern African
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managed to remain united. With the Reconstruction Plan‚ states try to support each other rebuild their strength. With everyone continuing their alliance‚ everything was peaceful; it seems everything was back to what it was. Or was it? Did the plan‚ proposed
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War is called Reconstruction. The goals of the Reconstruction were to abolish slavery‚ allow former slaves to be citizens and have rights‚ integrate blacks into society‚ destabilize the Southern government (Confederacy)‚ and reunited the country. Although the North won the war‚ the South did not win Reconstruction. Both Democrats and the Ku Klux Klan caused Reconstruction to slow down‚ especially in the South. Following the Civil War‚ Democrats tried to put a stop to Reconstruction. After the Thirteenth
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The Reconstruction period‚ between 1865 and 1876‚ was a time for rebuilding and healing to the nation after the Civil War. For blacks‚ however‚ it was a time of radical change politically‚ socially and economically. These changes‚ both good and bad‚ would affect the black race for generations to come. Some of these political‚ economical and social changes were negative‚ but most helped the blacks become better off. Reconstruction affected the blacks in many different ways. The main aspects that
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The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877) was an attempt at enforcing social and economic equality‚ as well as rebuilding the United States after the attempted secession of the South. Although Slavery was abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment‚ and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments further established the equality of the freed blacks‚ their enforcement was very weak and Southerners were finding ways to twist the liberties that the former slaves were given. The failure of reconstruction was brought
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Reconstruction was a time period in history that the United States went through to reunite the North and South after the Civil War. African Americans were a major part of this due to the fact that during the Civil war their emancipation from slavery was one of the major reasons for the division. In an attempt to reduce future conflicts that were arising due to the hostility between black and whites; laws were put in place to try and secure the rights of African Americans. These laws that were put
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needed to have a way to re-integrate the Confederate states back into the Union. This led to the Reconstruction. Some aspects of the Reconstruction were successful because it let African Americans be able to achieve many political rights. After the
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