The reconstruction era was the time after the Civil war where the country could finally come together and unite. Blacks and whites started to see the common cause with one another. This was a unity that could get better and better. Although this was a time for the country to come together it also caused sever backlash...
The backlash lasted decades, the white southerners still couldn't see blacks as equals and all they tried to do was strip them of there laws in the harshest ways possible. Not only did reconstruction leave a legacy of hope but it left a legacy of violence. Many blacks following the civil war defied there masters and fled to Union lines. Many were also enlisted in the army. By 1862 many south slaves had found safety thanks to emancipation and other laws. In some eyes, blacks enlisting into the army strengthened it, so there shouldn't have been a problem with it. Still, the white southerners had a problem with it.
` The most important question asked at this time is "who is a citizen" whether it be free blacks or slaves there has to be an answer. 2 days after the aromatics Abraham Lincoln spoke about Reconstruction and how black veterans and soldiers deserve to be citizens. He later received threats and was assassinated. Although he was assassinated I agree with everything in that sentence. The first order of business was to reconnect slaves with there family members who had been torn away from each other. This was of big importance to the slaves as it is there family who they must see again. During reconstruction the republican party was the party who supoported civil rights. The civil war was believed to be caused by the planter class.
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