Arguements_For_Reconstruction

Arguements For Reconstruction Arguments for why Reconstruction was not a failure The Reconstruction implemented by Congress reorganized the Southern states after the Civil War, readmitted them into the Union, and defined the means by which whites and blacks could live together in a non-slave society. Reconstruction was successful because it accomplished what it achieved, reintegration of African-Americans into the American political and social society. African Americans enjoyed a period when they were allowed to vote, actively participate in the political process, form political organizations and churches, establish some form of economic independence, acquire the land of former owners, seek their own employment, and use public accommodations. African-Americans gained civil rights and emancipation during this Reconstruction period. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments all justified this cause. The 13th Amendment prohibited slavery, the 14th Amendment made ex-slaves reconstruction, political, civil, south, rights, guaranteed, amendment, african-americans, war, vote, state, society, social, reorganized, public, period, form, blacks, 15th, 14th, 13th, works, work, women, whites, while, united, union, type, truly, together, time, themselves, systems, successful