Reconstruction: Post-Civil War by Rachel Whitley

rachelwhitley — 2024-10-24 15:47:06 UTC

RESPOND TO BOTH QUESTIONS.

Q1: How should former Confederate states be reintegrated (politically, socially, economically) into the union?

Q2: We see the entrance of millions of newly considered Americans, newly freed slaves. Do you foresee any complications?

2024-10-28 15:00:47 UTC

Because the policies must be enforced, but the south formerly relied on the slaves to be financially stable, I think the Union can spare a bit of money to get them back on their feet and recover economically without the use of slaves.
I think there would be lack of jobs, because lots of employers would not want to pay any former-slaves, forcing them to search out a few select jobs.

2024-10-28 15:04:08 UTC

1) i think that the former confederate states should be brought back into the Union without much repercussion. If you continue to feed the tensions and feuds built over the war and even before hand, then nothing will change or improve. All it would do is create more conflict and opportunity for a repeat. I think that they should get vote depending on the state, just as the government system was set up before secession. It balances out representation, alongside fixing the issue of feeling they have no representation in the Union

2) there will obviously be conflicts relating to African Americans being considered citizens. Especially in southern states, it’ll likely be met with nothing but passive aggression or even straight abuse and negligence. In my opinion, that is a given especially given the suddenness of the change. The south fought for having those slaves, and it’s only expected that they would be upset with them being considered equal to them. As messed up as that is anyways. I think it’ll slowly dissipate or real back with time, but until then all that can be done is providing legal protection to those who may be experiencing targeted whiplash

2024-10-28 15:04:22 UTC

1- Confederate states are a part of the union and have to follow union laws even if they don't want to. I don't think there should be any repercussions in their past actions. I believe the U.S. should just move on to bigger and better things in the future.

2- I feel like the newly considered Americans will still feel targeted even after the Civil War, and this will cause them to get angry and now that they have more power do something about the way they feel.

2024-10-28 15:04:42 UTC

I feel like there should be some kind of rehabilitation or program to erase the idea of white men being superior. We should make it common knowledge that everyone is equal.
there would definitely be lots of homeless made up of former slaves. discrimination would be a problem.

2024-10-28 15:04:54 UTC

I think the former Confederate States should start out being reintegrated with documents like the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, I also think they should rethink the American system and have less separation between the North and Southern states economically, both of them manufacturing goods rather than just the North taxing the South on theirs.

I think complications are definitely going to rise, there's going to be resistance against the integration of freed slaves.

2024-10-28 15:05:25 UTC

1.Policies must be enforced but economicall aid is needed to help them get back on their feet.

2.Yes, many of them have no money, and no where to stay.

2024-10-28 15:05:47 UTC

Confederate states should be expected to abide by the rules of the Union. They should be held to the same standards as someone on probation. However, to get back on their feet they would need support from the government in terms of financial help to switch from mainly slave dependent to more self-sufficient.
Yes, there will be problems regarding the rights of African Americans as well as questions on how to keep whites and African Americans separate. Many Americans will definitely disagree and fight back against the integration of freed African Americans.

2024-10-28 15:06:02 UTC

I think they should be brought back but they still have to follow the rules of the Union and do whatever the Union says.
There will be complications in the future because people will still have certain opinions on different people. So there will probably be problems later down the road.

2024-10-28 15:07:35 UTC

I feel like the south need better ways to enforce the new laws about slavery if the Union is going to tolerate them probably
it would be tough to get houses for all the freed slaves I think.

2024-10-28 15:08:23 UTC

They should be introduced with policies and rules by other union states so they don't cause trouble.
Yes, people could use that to their advantage and states could possibly dislike it or like it.

2024-10-28 15:10:10 UTC

1. No, I think they should let back into the union like any other state but definitely need some way of earning money since their main income was the slave market but with it all going away they wouldn't have a strong economy and no structure of jobs

I see that many former slaves will still have to deal with discrimination and still have to face problems with their race

2024-10-28 15:10:56 UTC

1. Former Confederate states should be allowed back to be a part of the Union. They need to agree to the no slavery law no matter what and would have to restore fair representation.

there will obviously be many complications of the newly freed slaves. There would definitely be many who need jobs. there would probably be lots of discrimination against them since it is happening after the Civil War.