Why Did Freed Slaves Respond To Reconstruction
1) How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic, social, and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete?
With the abolition of slavery came different reactions. The Blacks who were freed were undoubtedly, grateful and extremely happy. With their freedom they began to search for other ways to feel more like a free person; for example they found their own names that were different from the ones given to them by their masters. The Southerners reacted with the Black Codes, a set of laws designed to keep the freed slaves from rising in higher in states than they already were. The northern whites reacted with pleasure, since they won the war and freed the slaves. However, they at first did not give the freedmen the right to vote. Slaves reacted in different ways when they were given their freedom. Some of the slaves who still felt that they should be loyal to their masters resisted the Union Armies who came to free them. Other slaves …show more content…
Between the 1850’s and the 1870’s more than 2 million migrants came to America every ten years. During the 1880’s more than 5 million people came to live in the United States. Even in 1882 alone, 788,992 migrants arrived in America, which is more than 2,100 people per day. Immigrants that came before the 1880’s were usually from the British Isles and from western Europe, mainly Germany and Scandinavia. They were mostly Anglo Saxon and Protestant. Also many were very intelligent and had a high literacy rate. They were also used to a representative government. Many of these immigrants came to America to farm. Basically these immigrants were easily able to adapt to American life. The immigration of this time, known as old immigration, was very different from the immigration that occurred from the 1880’s and
With the abolition of slavery came different reactions. The Blacks who were freed were undoubtedly, grateful and extremely happy. With their freedom they began to search for other ways to feel more like a free person; for example they found their own names that were different from the ones given to them by their masters. The Southerners reacted with the Black Codes, a set of laws designed to keep the freed slaves from rising in higher in states than they already were. The northern whites reacted with pleasure, since they won the war and freed the slaves. However, they at first did not give the freedmen the right to vote. Slaves reacted in different ways when they were given their freedom. Some of the slaves who still felt that they should be loyal to their masters resisted the Union Armies who came to free them. Other slaves …show more content…
Between the 1850’s and the 1870’s more than 2 million migrants came to America every ten years. During the 1880’s more than 5 million people came to live in the United States. Even in 1882 alone, 788,992 migrants arrived in America, which is more than 2,100 people per day. Immigrants that came before the 1880’s were usually from the British Isles and from western Europe, mainly Germany and Scandinavia. They were mostly Anglo Saxon and Protestant. Also many were very intelligent and had a high literacy rate. They were also used to a representative government. Many of these immigrants came to America to farm. Basically these immigrants were easily able to adapt to American life. The immigration of this time, known as old immigration, was very different from the immigration that occurred from the 1880’s and