RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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To create a plan that would repair Northern states after the damage done to them following the Civil War.
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To create a plan that would repair the damage to the South and restore the Southern states to the Union.
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To restore the three branches of government after the South tried to eliminate them during the Civil War.
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To create a plan to pay soldiers for the services they rendered to the Union during the Civil War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -During Reconstruction, attempts were made to rebuild the country after the bloody Civil War, bring the former Confederate states back into the United States, and to reinstate the political, social, and economic legacies of slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -In December, President Lincoln proposed a reconstruction program that would allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-3: -The purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become a part of the Union again. Federal troops occupied much of the South during the Reconstruction to insure that laws were followed and that another uprising did not occur. Many people wanted the South to be punished for trying to leave the Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reconstruction was a success in that it restored the United States as a unified nation: by 1877, all of the former Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and pledged their loyalty to the U.S. government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South’s first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).