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How Did Reconstruction Affect African Americans

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Many Africans had a lot of problem s back in the day they could not do nothing or be free if you would want to know more about them well keep reading. The reason why reconstruction was led was because of slavery and because the civil war. Reconstruction impacted the white and especially the African americans. The successes and failures of reconstruction impacted the lives of the African Americans in both positive and negative. Socially negative because they were getting abused from white people. However african americans had a positive political because they have been giving many supplies and rights. Alothigh that the reconstruction impact the africans economically negative because they couldn't get no jobs. Reconstruction impacted the lives …show more content…

There were many source that I could of used but there was 2 good ones one of them was called people’s reconstruction and the title was people and politics after the civil war. The main reason why I chose this source was because many african did not have every they need so most of them created the on thing like churches and the evidence that I have found that can support this reasoning is “ A place of work shop, the church also housed schools, social events, and political gathering and sponsored benevolent and fraternal societies.” This can show what they created because they did not have nothing when the africans were free. The other source that was very good and interesting was called Freedmen’s Bureau Bill and the title of the source was called The Bureau Bill and it was written in March 3 ,1865. The reason why I put this was because freedmen would get a lot of stuff in return. The type of stuff that the freedmen have received was land, clothing and the things that they need to survive. The quote that i have found that can support my explanation is “ That he secretary of war may direct such issues of provisions, clothing and fuel. This is what african american should've behaved but the white kept them as

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