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Was Reconstruction a success or a failure? A success.

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Was Reconstruction a success or a failure? A success.

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Reconstruction was a success. The whole purpose of reconstruction was to rebuild the south after the Civil War. The war and reconstruction put the United States in a lot of debt but we still abolished slavery, rebuilt the south, gave African Americans citizenship, and gave African American men the right to vote.
This shows that reconstruction was a success. If reconstruction had failed, our country wouldn't be what it is today. We still have problems with treating each other equally. Although with time, patience, and love, it can happen. Reconstruction was a success.

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January 1, 1863- Emancipation Proclamation issued
December 8, 1863- Lincoln's ten percent plan
March 3, 1865- The Freedmen's Bureau was established
April 8, 1865- Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War
April 15, 1865- Lincoln assassinated- Andrew Jackson becomes President
December 6, 1865- 13th Amendment passed
1867- Reconstruction Acts
March- May- 1868- President Johnson Impeached
July 21, 1868- 14th Amendment ratified
November 3, 1868- Ulysses S. Grant elected President
February 23, 1870- First black senator elected
March 30, 1870- Fifteenth Amendment ratified.
1872- Freedmen's Bureau abolished.
1877- Rutherford B. Hayes is now the 19th President. Government pulls military out of the south. Reconstruction ends.

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The Compromise of 1877 is the thing that finally ended it all! The compromise put republican, Rutherford Hayes into office as the nations 19th president. Republicans quietly gave up their fight for racial equality and African-Americans rights in the south. Hayes then took the military out of the south and the southern Republican governments collapsed. Reconstruction then came to an end. Hurrah!

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Diary of Plantation Owner, Meredith Calhoun 

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Diary of Plantation Owner, Meredith Calhoun 

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January 2, 1863
We had to free our 700+ slaves yesterday. We established one of the biggest sugar mills in Louisiana and now all that work and money has gone to waste. The estate was valued in excess of $1 million in the 1860s. And now we have no one to work for our family. Anyways, we'll see how this goes. -Meredith

January 3, 1863
We went down to the post office today to put in a job opportunity poster. Hopefully we'll have some letters here soon. Were running low on sugar now that we have no workers.-Meredith

January 8, 1863
We have 18 workers so far that have come in and applied. Oh and our mill is back up and running. I think freeing the slaves might work. I mean, when didn't we do this in the first place and not hold people to work for us against their own will? Be back soon. -Meredith

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Dear the Freedmen's Bureau,
I was recently freed from Ascension, Louisiana. John Burneside was my owner. I need your help. I've heard of how you and your partners have been helping other freed slaves and I would like for you to help me. I'm welcome to any of your ideas for supporting me.
Thank you,
Abigail Edwards

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Political Role of African-Americans During Reconstruction

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Political Role of African-Americans During Reconstruction

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The 15th amendment gave African Americans the right to vote. In 1870, Hiram Revels became the first African-American to serve in Congress. Between 1865 and 1877, many African Americans served in state and local politics. At the end of Reconstruction, four of its five Congressmen were African-American.

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The military split up the South into five military districts to help enforce the laws of reconstruction. New elections were held with voting only allowed by Congress approved voters, mostly former slaves. The new variety of voters led to Republican control of a traditionally Democratic south. Tennessee was the only state not under military control because they had a large number of Union supporters and they met most of the Republicans demands for reconstruction.