History: The Reconstruction Period
After the Civil War, the United States started a process that would eventually cause more problems than before. Congress tried to come up with compromises and laws that would bring the South back into the Union. This would be called the Reconstruction Period. There were plans like the Ten Percent Plan, Freedmen’s Bureau, and even amendments added to the Constitution. However, as all of these plans were being enforced, hate groups and separation of blacks was also occurring. The Black Codes and the Jim Crow Laws took away the freedom of African-American groups and this would continue on until the present day. A major issue in the United States is racism and this can be traced back to Reconstruction where it all started. It created the allowance
for whites to believe they deserved more rights than blacks. It put African-American families in harm’s way. It created even more separation throughout the country than before. The Reconstruction Era as a whole was a disaster as it failed to protect newly freed people and in that failure created a lasting negative impact on the African-American community.
for whites to believe they deserved more rights than blacks. It put African-American families in harm’s way. It created even more separation throughout the country than before. The Reconstruction Era as a whole was a disaster as it failed to protect newly freed people and in that failure created a lasting negative impact on the African-American community.