Jack Sayan

MR Bierer
US. History II
5 September 2019
Reconstruction Paper

Reconstruction was mainly focused on the black community through 1865-1877. This

was an inspiration for black men to join congress and be set free as slaves and live a normal

American live. I think that Reconstruction was needed in this time because black people were

being miss treated and this gave them a boost, in their community by returning to there families

that were separated from slave trades, also it boosted the black religion and intended churches

were founded in the south.

Reconstruction had a huge effect on the black community because many positive things

came out of the reconstruction era such as new black churches and getting their rights in the

15th amendment. I think after the civil war was the best time for the black people because it set

them free from the shackles of slavery. I think this was a rise in the reconstruction because

black people could do some things that they couldn't when they were slaves. Also, I think that at

the end of the reconstruction things started to change and the black community fell off the top

and racism overcame them.

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