Civil War Dbq Analysis

Congress put an effort to ensure that equal rights were given to freedman during reconstruction. The conflict was between the norths and south, the disputes between one another caused the south separated from the north because of the protective tariffs, unequal political power and different views on slavery. The dispute between the north and south caused the civil war. Due to the civil war 620,000 people were killed or wounded. Slavery was abolished but many properties were destroyed and it created huge tensions and problems between states. The south needed to reconstruct because of all the damage caused by the civil war. The reconstruction period accorded after the civil war. Due to the fact that congress made an effort in reconstruction and
Many towns in the south were destroyed, the railroads were ruined, and so were the farms and plantations. Due to these results of the civil war the south hit poverty. During the reconstruction period the federal government built railroads, telegraph lines, and bridges. They also built schools for blacks and whites. Due to the high costs it caused in increase in taxes which angered the white southerners. The freedman had to give up their political powers during this time to make a living. The freedmen were convinced to stop voting or take part in political events by telling them that if they became political they would lose their jobs because they would get fired (Doc#6). They were threaten to get fired because whites did not want the African Americans to cause people to frown upon the person who gave them the job. Often freedmen were fired if they became political so they weren’t able to make a living. The freedman had no other choice but to give up their political powers and work to support their families. They had no other way of making money they only worked for it like a slave when they were supposed to be free. Some of the reasons of why the freedman did not have or be able to get full citizenship were because nobody gave them economic support, and they had no skills or training of any sort from the government (Doc#7). The freedman stayed in defacto slavery conditions, meaning that slavery was not allowed but they had near slavery conditions. Before the civil war they lived in du jure slavery were they were treated like slaves because it was allowed. Reconstruction failed because on the sharecropping and tennant farmers. Sharecroppers cared for the entire plantations and they received small portion in return for efforts. Tennant farmers made small portions of crops and/ or the farms was rented to a person I exchange for money. Booker T Washington believed that all African Americans should work for