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Thursday 7 January 2010

Successes and Failures of Reconstruction


Successes
Union is restored
(This is a success because everything came back together)
The south’s economy grows and new wealth is created in the North
(This is a success because the economic growth is a good thing especially in the south because during the civil war they were behind the north economically)
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments guarantee African Americans the rights of citizenship, equal protection under the law, and suffrage
(This is a success because freedmen are now free and they have to be treated much better due to the new laws)
Freedmen's Bureau and other organizations help many black families obtain housing, jobs, and schooling
(This is a success because it is the same thing as the passed fourteenth and fifteenth amendment they have to follow the new laws)
Southern states adopt a system of mandatory education.
(This is a success because it will help the blacks have the right to be educated and earn a better job than farmers)

Failures
Many white southerners remain bitter toward the federal government and the Republican Party.
(This is a failure because even due to the new laws against slavery, the African American people won’t ever be treated the same way as the southerners)
The south is slow to industrialize
(This is a failure because one of the advantages of South and north was that the south would succeed)
After federal troops are withdrawn, southern state governments and terrorist organizations effectively deny African Americans the right to vote
(This is a failure because it’s avoiding the amendment that says everyone should be able to vote and it helps the African Americans to stay down)
Many black and white southerners remain caught in a cycle of poverty.
(This is a failure because it is not a profit to the south’s economy)
Racist attitudes toward African Americans continue, in both the South and the North.
(This is a failure because it is racist and it’s one of the reasons why the civil war started, slavery had to be abolished and racism had to stop)

The Enforcement Act of 1870 was a success because it banned the usage of terror, force, and bribery to stop people from voting due to their race.
The KKK is a failure because their hard work during the civil war had all been forgotten by the proslavery group who punished people who didn’t think like them.

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