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Reconstruction Era Dbq

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Many people have different feelings towards the reconstruction era. But the reconstruction era was a success in some terms and a fail in other terms too. The reconstruction era did help most of the blacks during the time where they were going through slavery. The difference between the democrats and the republicans is they have different views in many topics and one being the reconstruction era. During the reconstruction era, there were tensions and conflicts that occurred like the Political conflicts and the Ku Klux Klan. The reconstruction era caused a good change during that time for the people that lived in the south states. For example, it allowed African American slaves to receive some freedom and gave them many opportunities. It allowed the fifteen amendment to happen so it …show more content…

For example, this made it easier for women to vote for political decisions. Also, the addition of new amendments helped a lot during this time. It allowed them to get more involved in the events that were happening in the society. It was also a fail because it caused a lot of tension between people. For example, people started to form a group called Ku-Klux Klan. They were people dressed in all white. This was a group of people who believed that the blacks should not have same equality as the whites. They violently attacked and killed those people that helped black people during the slavery time and black people. For example, “Klan tactics included riding out to victims’ houses, masked and armed, and firing into the homes or burning them down” (471). This group of people were considered a terrorist group during that time. Another failure would be that it caused a tension between the republicans and the democrats. The republicans did not agree on the same ideas as the democratic people. One of them would be that they did not agree with President Johnson’s position in

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