The Ending Of Reconstruction
Freedom To All
The Civil Rights Act of 1875,
Unfortunately, the act proved ineffective, as Democrats in the House made sure the bill was unenforceable. The act stated that blacks had to file claims to defend their own rights; the federal government could not do it for them. Many blacks were still poor and worked hard to make a living, and House Democrats knew that lawsuits would require money and considerable effort.
Freedom!
The slaves now have they're rights.
Voting!
The Slaves were allowed to vote.
Black Representitives
The Alabama Legislature has passed a resolution honoring black lawmakers who served during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. The resolution by Democratic Rep. Alvin Holmes of Montgomery says black Alabama residents played an integral part in the Legislature from 1868 to 1878. At the height of Reconstruction in 1874, there were 33 blacks in the Legislature.
Reasons For The End Of Reconstruction,
Schools
The teacher, Mrs. Green, is one of a few whites in Mississpi who believed that it was advisable to educate blaclks. Lost Cause historians criticized the Reconstruction Southern state legislatures for licentious spending. Few made it cear that much of the higher spending was for public South. Before the Cicil War, the southern states had weak sometimes non-existant public school systems and teaching slaves to read was illegal.
Share Croppers
From 1865 until 1877, North Carolina underwent reconstruction as imposed by the victorious North. Profound changes took place in the state as North Carolina once again found her place in the Union.
Cotton
With the end of Reconstruction, African Americans in the South lost many rights they had gained after the Civil War.
The Successes Of Reconstruction,
Freedom For The Slaves !
The Failures Of Reconstruction,
As a result, by 1877, northerners were tired of Reconstruction; weary of battling southern elites, scandal, and radicalism; and had largely lost interest in supporting black civil rights. Theoretically, North and South reached a compromise: black civil liberties and racial equality would be set aside in order to put the Union back together. As it turned out, blacks would not regain the support of the federal government until the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Comic
In some parts of the South white insurrections occurred lashing out at their black counterparts for changing their whole way of life and military personnel were forced to be stationed at the place of incident. To some degree, with military control over certain Southern districts was better than letting Radical Republicans instill ravaging consequences to Confederates.
Freedom
All slaves should have Freedom.
Joining Forces
In popular memory, the Confederate surrender brought an end to military hostilities and decided the fate of four million former slaves. In reality, the end of formal hostilities left major questions about the status of the former slaves unresolved, and between 1865 and the end of Reconstruction in 1877 paramilitary violence plagued the former slave states, occasionally erupting into large-scale, lethal confrontations. Some of this was rooted in the bitterness left by the results of the War, no doubt, but it was the contest between ex-slaves and their former masters that drove paramilitary violence.