08.06 Reconstruction—411 File

Part 1: Reconstruction Events Chart
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The Reconstruction Period, which lasted from 1865 to 1877, is the period after the Civil War, when the defeated Southern states were again incorporated into the United States and administered by the federal government, through the Union Army.  

After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, Congress passed the Thirteen Amendment, granting all slaves citizenship.  This was not well received in the South, were racism was still a big issue.

After the withdrawal of the troops in 1877, there was still a great deal of bitterness in the southern states, which resulted in, among other things, the failure to accept that African Americans should have the same rights as the whites. This caused the Jim Crow Laws to be enacted, as well as the start of segregation, which lasted until 1964, when the Civil Rights Act was enacted.

Type of ChangeExample of One Change Caused by the Civil War and ReconstructionExample of One Challenge to Change

Political

African Americans started to gain political rights .

Voting Rights

Economic

The South had people to work on farms.

Slavery Stopped

Social

Ku Klux Klan was createdKu Klux Klan was developed, a group that believed that white race was the dominate race.

1.  Which type of change—political, social, or economic—had the most impact on Southern life?

    The type of change that had the most impact on Southern life is on political.  The breakdown of the Confederate States and the Civil War that occurred between the South and the North changed the political structure of the Southern portion.  While they lost against the North in the Civil War, they had to change their preferred politics, and to adapt to what the successful side (North) wanted.

2.  Which type of change—political, social, or economic—faced the most challenges?  

 Why were Southerners against this type of change?

    The social and political changes that were most challenging. The Southern citizens has been forced to adapt to social and political changes after the North beat them in the Civil War. The slavery and the racial segregation that was normal in the Southern lives must change.

Explanation:

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