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Therefore was Reconstruction a Success or Fail?

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Therefore was Reconstruction a Success or Fail?

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Reconstruction after the Civil War was a success. It was a success because slaves were freed, given their rights, and were beginning to be treated as equal men. Along with slaves being freed, the Union became a whole again, and the amendments that were written are still being used and are important today. Reconstruction did cause a bit of cacaos when the KKK started burning, killing and treating African Americans along with those who didn't agree with them, but Congress controlled the problem. Therefore, Reconstruction was a success because slavery is no longer used, everyone has their rights and the amendments cover them.

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1865 - Reconstruction starts
1865 - Freedmen's Bureau passed by Congress
1865 - Lincoln is assassinated and his successor Andrew Johnson takes over
1866 - Congress enlarges Freedmen's Bureau and passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and drafts the 14th Amendment
1867 - Republicans control Congress and pass the Reconstruction Act of 1867
1868 -  Andrew Johnson is impeached
1870 - The 15th Amendment is ratified
1870 - Hiram Revels becomes the first African American to be Senator
1870 through 1871 - Series of Enforcement Acts for federal supervision in Southern States are passed and power with federal troops is given to the president where KKK is active
1872 - Congress passes Amnesty Act and allows the Freedmen's Bureau to expire
1873 - Series of bank failures triggers 5 year depression
1876 - Election between Tilden and Hayes is close, Democrats in Congress accept Hayes if federal troops from south are withdrawn
1877 - Reconstruction ends

(The image below is about Reconstruction after the Civil War. It was included in this exhibit because it looks like the war has been fought and won and that the Acts and Amendments talked about above have been passed. )

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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was 56, when he was assassinated on Saturday, April 15, 1865. He was killed by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth in Petersen House, Washington DC.

Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was born in a one room log cabin. His family moved to southern Illinois when he was seven. He had brief formal schooling and constantly worked to support his family. Then in 1830 he got a job on a flatboat hauling goods down the Mississippi to New Orleans. After moving down to New Orleans, he became a shopkeeper and postmaster and then became politically involved. He was a supporter of the Whig Party and then winning the election to the Illinois state legislature in 1834, he opposed slavery and had a vision of expanding the United States.

He was married to Mary Todd from Kentucky and they got married in 1842. They had four sons but a son named Willie, died at a young age from typhoid fever in 1862.

Visitation took place at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield Illinois.
For more information visit http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln

(This image is where Abraham Lincoln is buried. This image was included in this exhibit because it shows the place where Lincoln is buried and how important he was if his grave is a huge monument in Washington DC.)

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May 28, 1867
Congress passed the Freedmen's Bureau which they say help former slaves and poor white southerners. I've gotten enough money to travel down to the south to see if the Freedmen's Bureau can help me raise my financial and political gains. I've already packed all my belonging in my bag and I hope the south can help me out.
May 30, 1867
I've arrived in the south and went straight up to see if I could get into the political voting for office. Everywhere I go, I get these nasty looks as if I'm not welcome here, I wonder why. I overheard a conversation down at the bank, they were talking about northerners moving down to the south to take advantage of the Freedmen's Bureau, then they started staring at me. Everyone is talking about us Northerners.

(The image below is about a Northerner who moved down to the south after the Civil War. There is a crowd gathering at his arrvial mad and angry because he moved down to the south to take advantage of the Freedmen's Bureau. On his hand bag is written "Carpetbagger and South." The big bag on his back writes, "C. Schurz, Carpet Bag, From Wisconsin to Missouri.")

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The Political Role of African-Americans during Reconstrution

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The Political Role of African-Americans during Reconstrution

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After the war, African Americans started participating in their political rights. It was the first time they voted and held vote for office in local, state and federal government. Although there were more African Americans in the south than white men, out of 125 Southerners elected to the US Congress only 16 were African American. With these 16 was a man named Hiram Revels, he was born free and received an education in Illinois. He was also the first African American Senator.

(The image below are the African Americans who were in or had a political role in local office, state or federal government. The man all the way to the left was the first African American to become Senator.)

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Map of Military Reconstruction in the South

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Map of Military Reconstruction in the South

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The Military Reconstruction Act was passed by Congress after the moderate and radical republicans gained control of Congress. The act was created to make sure the southern states granted African-American men their right to vote and ratify the 14th amendment before joining the Union again.

(Below is a map of how the southern states were split into the Military Reconstruction Act. Each section had a district and was controlled by federal troops from the north.)

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The Freedmen's Bureau, will help you with clothing, food, hospitals, legal work and education if you can't afford them. The Bureau was established by congress for former slaves and poor white southerners in 1865.

(The image below is either a school or church that the Freedmen's Bureau provided for African Americans. The picture is relevant to information above because it shows that the Freedmen's Bureau did help African Americans with education and legal work.)