The Positive Impact Of Reconstruction

After the Civil War, the United States had many problems to solve. The country had to figure out how to integrate newly freed slaves into society and bring the former Confederate states back into the Union. Reconstruction was period of time after the civil war in which the United States addressed these problems. Reconstruction had two different phases: Presidential Reconstruction took place from 1865 to 1867, and Congressional Reconstruction took place from 1867 to 1877. Presidential Reconstruction began with Abraham Lincoln, who proposed the Proclamation of Amnesty and the ten percent oath plan. Lincoln was focused on leniency and forgiveness; under his plan southerners would take an oath of loyalty to the Union, and after only ten percent of a state’s voters had taken this oath, the state could be readmitted. After Lincoln’s assassination, Andrew Johnson took over Reconstruction. Johnson wanted to punish landowners, but liberally handed out pardons, as he greatly enjoyed the power that he had over southerners. Under Johnson, former confederates were re-elected, and southern states discriminated blacks. Eventually, Congress took over Reconstruction. During Congressional Reconstruction, the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were passed, and the freedman’s bureau was created. Overall, the failures of Reconstruction outweighed the failures because it took a very long time for it to achieve its goals, and the South was still able to

The Civil War sparked a new era of Reconstruction in America. This era was meant to change the everyday life of America and to allow African Americans to become a part of America. Though reconstruction started out with good intentions, it is considered a massive failure in almost every area. As a result of the Civil War and Reconstruction, American society experienced drastic political change in participation government while keeping social and economic structures the same.

Shortly after the civil war, the southern states were left in ruins. However, by Lincoln’s order, they started a process of recreation known as Reconstruction. Most of the southern places were rebuilt and the economy slowly recovering. Slavery is no more, but the south will not accept them as their equals. In many ways, people believe that reconstruction did help the slaves/colored, but on the other hand many believe it didn’t change the situation at all. African Americans are better off during the reconstruction era than they were before the civil war.

After the Civil War, Reconstruction was supposed to begin and fix the racism and inequality, while newly freed African Americans were given more rights, they remained quite oppressed and suffered through different things during Reconstruction. Reconstruction happened after the Civil War in an attempt to have the rebellious south agree to the terms which the North (Union) demanded they agree to in order to once again be a whole nation. Slavery was among one of the many demands which the Union demanded the south to give up. The south would no longer be part of congress or even allowed to vote for quite some time, however after a while they were allowed to vote and become part of the government once again. Reconstruction was a time immediately

With the U.S left in shambles after the Civil War ended in 1865, Abraham Lincoln proposed a plan for reconstruction. The goal of reconstruction was to keep the blacks safe, repair the economy, and to reunite the U.S by bringing the South back into the union peacefully. During this time, African Americans were already supposed to be “free” from slavery - which obviously didn’t change conditions - and the same holds true for reconstruction in that, it wanted to reunite the nation and protect African Americans- but failed. Reconstruction was a failure for African Americans due to prejudice/discrimination, inequality through the government, and white leagues.

The Reconstruction “fixed” the United States after the civil war. It gave the Blacks more freedom then they ever had, it reunited the sides, and it proved to the other countries that United States could provide for itself without the assistance of others. Most importantly, it gave the country hope for the

Obviously, the beginning of the Reconstruction was when the United States was at it’s lowest point, with no new amendments regarding slavery, with lots of destruction and death, and a lot of work to do ahead. Once things began to progress, things started to look up, especially for African Americans. The United States was becoming a more equalized environment, until the later events from 1870-1877, with the Ku Klux Klan ordeal, and the removal of federal protection in the South. Clearly, this twelve year Reconstruction period had made the US become a better and more controlled place than it was before, but the ending events caused damage to the minorities living in the South which would last for a very long time until the Martin Luther King Jr. era. If it were up to me, I would have kept protection in the South for a longer period of time, until the US was a guaranteed place of

Reconstruction is a time period after the Civil War ended in 1877. We view it as something that resembles a transformation, shifts in the southern U.S. after the Civil War. This was when slavery inequality, some political, economic, and social issues were, in some ways, balanced. The categories of issues that arose throughout this “restoration” were aspects such as involving the Confederacy into the Union, abolishing along with figuring out what to do with our free blacks, and addressing conflict between the Confederate leaders and a group of people, which we characterize as “the North.” During reconstruction, there was a challenging goal of incorporating former slaves into our nation as free citizens like everyone else. It looks like this “era” attempted to take out the unfairness of slavery; however, it was successful to a degree. Reconstruction, itself, was successful in fulfilling its goal to a degree because the Freedmen’s Bureau attempted to help former slaves with simple things such as housing, although it “lost its touch” due to deficiency of needed funds along with personnel, and trouble dealing with pressure that was advancing from the so-called white southerners.

After the Civil war ended, the United States had to reintegrate both a formerly slave population and a formerly rebellious population back into the country. After Lincoln was assassinated, Andrew Johnson was guiding Reconstruction. He was a Southerner, he resented all the elites in the south who had snubbed him, and he was also a racist who didn’t think that blacks should have any role in Reconstruction. Between 1865 and 1867, Johnson appointed provisional governors and ordered them to all state conventions to establish new all-white governments. Those governments looks suspiciously like the old confederate governments they had replaced. Many schools were established at that time. Johnson ordered all land

One positive political effect was the formation of the Freedmen’s Bureau. Congress aimed to help freed black slaves and poor whites following the Civil War by establishing the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865. It provided food, medical aid, and schools for these people. (history.com/freedmen’s-bureau 1) This benefited the freed black slaves with the adjustment of having freedom in the country because the transition was very tough for them. There were also negative effects with the freedmen gaining freedom there were still many southerners who still saw them as property and not human beings. The South was violent towards the freedmen and did not treat them well. “Well, the war is over, the rebellion is “put down,” and we are declared free! Four fifths of our enemies are paroled or amnestied, and the other fifth are being pardoned, and the President has, in his efforts at the reconstruction of the civil government of the States, late in rebellion, left us entirely at the mercy of these subjugated but unconverted rebels.” (An Address By Southern Blacks 1) The freed blacks are basically left unprotected and there are many violent people still out to get them. The politics of Reconstruction had both positive and negative effects on the

There are many paths that our nation can take for reconstruction. There are exactly four plans that we can choose from. These plans are known as Lincoln’s 10% plan, Wade-Davis Bill, Johnson plan, and military reconstruction. Each plan obviously has its pros and cons. Each plan also has its strengths and weaknesses. In regards to your letter, Mr Seward I have given your reconstruction plans much thought. I will present you with the plan that I believe will be the most effective. I will not let the Union fall apart. This nation will be put back together. Lincoln's 10% plan details the following: he believed in reconciliation, he would have given a pardon to all southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the United States and accepted the end

Reconstruction was meant to be the rainbow after the storm. However, it just seemed to be another storm. During reconstruction, hate was spread rapidly. With hate groups popping up out of nowhere, racists, ex-confederate soldiers, and people who wanted to hurt those freedmen. In my eyes, reconstruction was unsuccessful. The only good things that came out of reconstruction were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. There is a larger amount of negative outcomes. There were the black codes, terror groups, sharecropping, and the disenfranchisement of freedmen.

The Civil War was a massive milestone in American History. This war started in 1861 and lasted four years. It was between the Union and the Confederacy over their differences and problems they created. The consequences the nation faced due to the demolition of the Civil War, was terrifying. Then the Reconstruction era was born to restore, reinstate, and unite the United States as one. During the Reconstruction of 1865 through 1867, African American lives were impacted economically because they were given few rights and their resources were limited, socially because they wanted to be given an ordinary lifestyle, and politically because they weren’t allowed to be joined or linked with the government.

Reconstruction was a failure because African American were still not equal to White Americans. The Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed in January 1, 1863. It freed more than 3 million slaves in the Confederate states by January 1, 1863, blacks enlisted in the Union Army in large numbers, reaching some 180,000 by war’s end. Reconstruction began in 1865 right after the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln created a plan for Reconstruction that called for Reconciliation. Abraham Lincoln believed that preserving the Union was way more important than punishing the South. On the other hand, Robert E. Lee urged southerners to reconcile with the North and reunite as Americans. Abraham Lincoln proposed the Ten Percent Plan which offered southerners amnesty, or official pardon, for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion. The southerners could do 2 things to receive amnesty. First they had to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States. Second they had to agree that slavery was now illegal.

During both the civil war and civil war reconstruction time periods, there were many changes going on in the United States of America. The Emancipation Proclamation as well as legislation such as the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, was causing a new wave of democracy; As well, the government was involved in altercations of its own. Bringing on new laws and change to the North and South. During reconstruction, they settle debts and buried the dead from the war that has just ended. The legislative and executive branches eventually came to blows over the use of power. The nation was being altered which caused, and later repaired, a broken Union.