The Reconstruction Era: 1865-1877
Cartoon of Union soldiers protecting a black from
an angry Southerner
an angry Southerner
The Reconstruction Era lasted from 1865 to 1877 as a plan first started by President Lincoln to bring the Southern states back into the Union after the Civil War.
Both criticized and praised, Reconstruction had many different aspects that influenced and shaped the development of the American South.
Effects of Reconstruction
Most Southern whites refused to acknowledge blacks as right-holding individuals and resisted or ignored the many laws to prohibited segregation and discrimination, especially in the later years of Reconstruction.
Both criticized and praised, Reconstruction had many different aspects that influenced and shaped the development of the American South.
Effects of Reconstruction
- 14th Amendment giving citizenship to blacks
- Black codes
- The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
- Blacks rose to government positions but also were victimized by whites when attempting to vote.
Most Southern whites refused to acknowledge blacks as right-holding individuals and resisted or ignored the many laws to prohibited segregation and discrimination, especially in the later years of Reconstruction.
Division 0f the South: Life and Death of the Reconstruction Era:
Cartoon of slaves being freed
- South was divided into five military districts
- Union soldiers were sent to help the South's transition
- These acts did not help alleviate the feelings between the people of the Confederacy and the people of the North.
Reconstruction...
- Started the rebuilding of the South
- Attempted to make the economy grow
- Tried to fully integrate blacks into white society
But Reconstruction ended and...
- Union soldiers were brought out of the South
- Discrimination was allowed to flourish
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