5 Paragraph Essay About Reconstruction

Paragraph 2: The opponent's side may think that the Reconstruction successfully solved problems caused by slavery and the Civil War. They may say this because during the Reconstruction amendments were made which gave the blacks many rights including abolishing slavery and that they were allowed to be citizens if they were born in the United States. In amendment 13 section 1 source 1 it says, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States.” This amendment showed that the United States no longer has slaves and that slavery no longer exists. In the documentary at one hour and eighteen minutes one person says, “There was a day and a time in the country where cops and juries ignored facts in racial cases.” this
We should also increase diversity among the teachers and students. In an article titled “KFF” it gives a table with percentages of the amount of a race that lives in poverty. The table tells us that in the United States the most people affected by poverty are the blacks at 22% and the Hispanic at 20%. The least that do not live in poverty are the whites at 9%. This shows us that there is a split between the people of color and the whites in the amount of money they have. In another text title “Fighting the War on Poverty With Early Childhood education” it explains to us that there are so many people living in poverty. It also tells us once again the the most races living in poverty are the blacks and Hispanics. Later, the text tells us that education for young children can helpful by stating, “Building up early childhood education programs is also one of the smartest investments we can make.” This proves to us that poor children should be able to get into programs because it is important that the poor children still get their education like any other race. In another article called “Bookings” it tells us how to make education better for low income children by saying, “there needs to be more flexibility in budgets at all levels of government to allow educational innovations to be explored and services to be customized for students.” This demonstrates that poor children should attend improved schools. This quotes says that the money at the government should allow education for all people. The most people that need better education would be all poor people of color because they are below the whites in their education. This plan can help provide equal opportunities for students or people of color because if the poor people, which are mostly the