Reconstuction

In hindsight it is sometimes claimed that Reconstruction was a failure. Although there was some good that came out of the Reconstruction it was mostly just a relentless uphill battle against Southerners and immoral politicians that were here to delay change and keep racism alive. Reconstruction brought the Ku Klux Klan who displayed great resistance, and poverty that swept the South once the blacks were freed. The freedom of these black slaves led to discriminatory legislatures such as the Black Codes and the Jim Crow laws to keep the blacks constrained from actually being free. The South was then encountered with corruption and high property taxes, as a rebuild was in order to reestablish the war torn part of the nation.

As a country, America has gone through many political changes. Leaders have come and gone, all of them having different objectives and plans for the future. One period of time in which leaders sought change was 1865 which was the time period known as Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a time period of many different leaders, different goals and different accomplishments. Many debate whether Reconstruction was a success or failure. Success is an event which accomplishes its intended purpose, which Reconstruction did, but during this process of accomplishment, evil came about. There was many good things that came from the Reconstruction era which leads me to believe that it was a success, these accomplishments were; Reunification of the Union , more laws came about along with the protection of African Americans and the Enforcement acts, the Freedmen's Bureau was created along with an education system, and the Compromise of 1877.

True success is only accredited to the Civil Rights Movement while Reconstruction is considered a failure. This is from a multitude of reasons. First, Reconstruction was controlled by the federal government, not by the people. That meant less support and less passion. The Civil Rights Movement, on the other hand, was unofficial, but backed mainly by the people. This led to success as supporters were passionate and would persevere, unlike the government, Next, where the strength lay in both movements was different. In Reconstruction, the North/Republicans had military might, which wasn’t as effective as the force of reason and logic, used during the Civil Rights Movement. The ideals were stronger than any military could be. Lastly, the Civil Rights Movement wasn’t a deliberate push, a last stand, but rather a careful, planned movement, unlike Reconstruction, which was hastily done. This led to a great contrast in

Although the reconstruction did unify the United States and passed the 14th and 15th amendments, reconstruction failed on many other vital issues. The radical republican legislation that promised freedom and equality for all was far from a reality for black Americans. Legislation failed to protect former slaves from white supremacy, and persecution. The entire social and cultural backbone of the south needed reform in order for African Americans to enjoy the freedom and equality that this nation promised, unfortunately this change did not come during the reconstruction. In 1877 president Hayes removed federal troops from the south, almost immediately former confederates and slave owners returned

Reconstruction was a failure because, during the reconstruction era, congress had become very radical and powerful because they could never agree with Andrew Johnson and with Andrew Johnson as president, they couldn’t get much done because congress and Andrew Johnson had opposite views. Despite having different views on important topics, congress got almost anything they wanted because they had more members that wanted to be strict on the south than members who wanted to be lenient on the south. This radical congress ended its “dictatorship” 1877 when they longer could control everything and the houses were finally balanced. This radical congress had also caused problems in politics by getting president Andrew Johnson impeached and causing

Have you ever been denied something because of your skin color? Have you ever not had anywhere to stay? What about being beaten just because of your race? Reconstruction following the Civil War was a failure because there were so many issues that caused more problems when changed. Reconstruction following the Civil War was unsuccessful because blacks still lacked equality, many people were left poor, and there was still a lot of violence.

I would say the Reconstruction period was absolutely a success in the fact that it restored the united states as a whole and unified our nation. All of the States had drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and also pledged

The time period in United States history that immediately followed the Civil War in which the federal government set the circumstances that would permit the rebellious southern states to be readmitted into the Union was called the Reconstruction. I think that the Reconstruction was a success because the Union got restored, the south began to rebuild their economy and infrastructure, and African Americans were granted the right to vote and citizenship. I think that the reconstruction was a success because the Union got restored. The North wanted to restore the Union because the Union got split into the Union and the Confederates during the Civil War. This happened because the southern states supported slavery while the northern states did not support slavery and wanted to abolish slavery.

The following essay will analyze the economic, social and political successes and failures of the reconstruction period, after the United States’ civil war.

Reconstruction was a failure because negroes still faced restrictions such as what they were allowed to do without the permission of whites. Some examples of the negroes needing permission from the whites would be they couldn't rent or own a house in certain places and if you failed to follow the rule then you would be ‘immediately ejected’ (Document D). Also negroes were required to be in the regular service of white persons, and that said person is responsible for the negro (Document D). Although negroes were not slaves anymore the wrongs of all the whites were not ended and they were not quite free yet. The government left their freedom in worse condition than before reconstruction (Document E).

The main purpose of Reconstruction was to unite the sates to the union and restore the south. The Federal Government wanted to put in order all the problems that were caused by the Civil War. (Schultz,275) Backed up by facts, in my opinion, I believe Reconstruction was a failure.

In conclusion, the Reconstruction was overall a failure, but for Black Americans, there was some success. The abolition of slavery, the right of citizenship, and the right to vote were three such wonderful advances. Two other breakthroughs Black Americans gained were the right to participate legal religious practices and legal right to gain an education (Schultz

In my opinion one of the biggest inadequacies of Reconstruction was that fact that slaves were not really “free”. That even though they were classified as free, they really weren’t because of all the restrictions that were placed on them by the laws. “Black Codes” is what they laws were called. These laws restricted free blacks activity and forced them into labor contracts and blacks saw little improvement in their economic and social status. If they did not abide these laws they were beaten, arrested and even forced into non paid labor contracts. Ultimately after they were freed blacks had nowhere to go that was safe. As former slaves they owned nothing, had no money, and had no shelter or food. The slaves had no protection from people who

Reconstruction was where our country needed to be rebuilt, the confederate states were controlled by the federal government and rights to African Americans were introduced. Reconstruction took place right after the civil war, from 1865 to the Compromise of 1877. During this short period of time new policies were enacted that changed the social structure of America forever. Black people were given many rights and were started to be treated seriously, from the government down to a regular person. For this reason I believe that Reconstruction was a success.

The goal for the Reconstruction of the United States was to unite the country and make it a better place for everyone. Unfortunately, some facts indicate that it failed. For starters, a terrible consequence that became more evident was the racism. A really common thing at the US during the Reconstruction time was the segregation: to separate people in groups. In this case, African-Americans being separated from whites. There were laws called Jim Crow laws, a pejorative caricature of African American, that were made to separate them at schools, parks, public buildings, hospitals and in transportation systems Also, the cities became over populated because of the immigrants that became to arrive. There were so many people that the tenement system became necessary.