Reflection About Reconstruction

I. Reconstruction: Option 2 “Reconstruction can be summed up this way…”
During reconstruction a major shift took place in our government. With the passing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments the United States had become a nation pressing toward equality. With the newly granted freedom to learn how to read and write, marry, practice religion, and vote it seemed as if blacks were in store for a better life. However for freed blacks most aspects of life were still heavily influenced by white southerners. Land disputes were among these major issues that freed blacks had to deal with. During the war, Union officers had given seized plantation land to slave refugees for them to settle on while the war was being fought. Upon the war’s end many
I have never been so anxious in my life! Our passage was to New York City, you’ll recognize it by a large statue of women at the bay’s entrance. Hours after reaching the statue we were finally let off the boat and led to the building were newcomers register to be allowed into the country. This place is known as Ellis Island and it is very important that you pass inspection at this building. They will check for your health and any disabilities, both physical and mental. These examinations can be harsh or misleading, and in order to pass inspection you must be in good health. Also, they might ask you if you about your background and plans for coming to America. Whatever you do, do not tell them that you have a job waiting for you in America or they will send you back! But the worst part is that if you do not pass the inspectors send you back on the ship to home. In fact as we were in line waiting I saw the inspectors separate a grandmother from her family because she was coughing obsessively. They pulled her aside and put her in a separate line, most likely she was not allowed in. It was very sad to see a family separated so