Majority of African American’s had many struggles‚ and obstacles that they faced. Political issues impacted their lives when Congress passed the thirteenth amendment‚ this affected many African Americans lives. Since numerous people were equal‚ social issues were impacted when children went to school while the adults had gone to work and earn money to pay bills‚ such as their houses. This affected economic issue because the government would earn money. Various lives were impacted during the Reconstruction
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Civil War‚ America was going through a “Reconstruction” period. African Americans were free now but they had to adjust to a new way of living. Because many people did not accept the abolishment of slavery‚ it was difficult for African Americans to be free. During the reconstruction era‚ African Americans were free by law‚ but no resources and racism kept African Americans in slavery. African Americans were still slaves because it was difficult for African Americans to make a living without having to depend
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The time in America from 1865 to 1877 was known as the Reconstruction period. President Lincoln had been assassinated by John Wilkes Booth‚ but prior to that‚ he had given the Emancipation Proclamation. This meant all of the slaves in the South were free American Citizens. However‚ his successor Andrew Johnson was a Southern Democrat who had sympathy for the South. When he took his role in office‚ the South was almost completely off the hook. He passed southern state legislators which were called
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and political situations of freedmen during reconstruction has not improved for African Americans today. During reconstruction‚ a vicious and radical group known as the ku-klux-klan as well as the Black Codes were both present and deteriorated the freedmen’s social and political situation. Voting restrictions since the election of 2010 along with the discrimination against and because of their race are both present today. Because of this African Americans still have a negative involvements with both
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African Americans have made significant progress since the end of civil war in 1865(Brinkley 2015). After the war‚ African Americans who were slaves got their freedom and formed Republican Party. The process of reconstruction started and the blacks gained an opportunity to be leaders in the United State government for the first time in history. The blacks won election in southern America state governments and in the Congress of the entire America. After freedom proclamation‚ the African American
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During the reconstruction period a huge change shifted in the south and that was the freeing of the African American slaves. Of course they slave owners didn’t agree with this decision so after the reconstruction period the angry white southerners who had power in the south before the civil war slowly gained their power back. Once of the things to take place was the denying blacks the right to vote by harder for them to be eligible. The whites decided to create literacy test since it was clear that
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Reconstruction was the time period after the Civil War lasting from 1865-1877. Within this time period‚ the U.S government helped rebuild the southern economy and protect former slaves new rights; but were the African Americans truly free during Reconstruction? The answer is no‚ African Americans were not free during Reconstruction. In “Document B” the Black Codes state‚ “No negro shall be permitted to rent or keep a house within the limits of the town under any circumstances.” This section of the
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Though the Civil War set the stage for the abolition of slavery‚ changes for blacks in America were slow and often met with resistance. The Reconstruction Era was expected to reunify the country and the thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments made to the constitution‚ passed between 1868 and 1870‚ were intended to assure that African Americans maintained their freedom‚ ability to vote‚ and equal protection under the law. However‚ this period introduced greater social divides and an extreme
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finding post-Civil War legal loopholes to diminish African American rights (Tindall & Shi‚ 2010‚ pp. 757-758). Southerners continued to marginalize Blacks in their behavior toward ex-slaves and the later African American generation‚ continuing the escalation of racial tensions through white terror and discriminatory attitudes (Tindall & Shi‚ 2010‚ p. 759). Most subversively‚ southern newspapers propagated stereotypes against African Americans in their coverage and descriptions of constitutional
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Reconstruction of 1865 In 1865‚ President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilksbooth‚ which led Vice President Andrew Johnson to take over the role as president. In effect‚ this started the beginning of Johnson’s reconstruction plan. The reconstruction plan was to free the slaves and to try to rejoin the union in as little time as possible. This effected the African Americans in many different ways as their economic‚ social‚ and political patterns were changed drastically. Yet‚ some southern African
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