Reconstruction Dbq Research Paper

Once the Civil War ended people suffered from many problems. The war caused many problems in which they needed Reconstruction. Reconstruction was used to fix all the problems that were caused by the Civil War. During Reconstruction, which occurred from 1865 to 1877 many people’s lives were impacted during this era, especially African Americans because everyone was having to deal with the issues such as political, economic, and social. The political viewpoint was that the African Americans should be given rights, the social viewpoint was to let African Americans to have a normal life while the economic viewpoint was that African Americans shouldn’t be allowed to connect with the government.
The political viewpoint was that African Americans
People not in the military service such as Freedman, African Americans, and mulatto didn’t have the right to keep or carry a firearm, dirk, bowie knife, or ammunition and if found with those weapons will be punished by a fine and weapon was to be forfeited (Document D). This was known as the black codes for restricting Freedman, African Americans, or mulattoes that were not in the military from having weapons. The KKK killed an African American and said that this made one less vote (Document C). The image of the KKK killing the African American showed that they did not like the Fifteenth Amendment and was showing they would do anything to get African Americans from having normal rights and a normal lifestyle like normal white people. The social viewpoint was to let African Americans have a normal life. The KKK killed an African American so they would have less votes from the African Americans. The KKK did not like for the African Americans to be able to vote which was written in the Fifteenth Amendment because they believed they were not real people and dont deserve many