America’s Post-Civil War Growing Pains

America’s Post-Civil War Growing Pains

Our American history had some major crucial points post the Civil War growing pains. The Civil War was the fight between North and the South. This war was the war that would unite the country and end slavery. This would be the beginning of the Reconstruction Plan. The two of major historic turning points of the American history was the freeing of slaves and the central industries of the Industrial Revolution. These events have shaped our current society, economy, political field, and even our culture.

After the civil war, years of enslavement would end; all black Americans had been freed and would have the opportunity to know what it meant to be free. This would allowed them to control their lives and make own decision at this time. Some Blacks look to move towards the north, to get a better education, purchase land for farming and expand their religion beliefs and build more churches. This would the beginning of Black American voting and become more involved in the politics. In 1865, Congress created the Freedmen Bureau agency to mandate order with the new government laws. This was created so that people that still believed in old confederacy laws would adhere to realignment of these new laws. Freedmen bureau would enforce that every Black and White American would have equal rights to medical, schools, food and judicial system. Free and would have same rights

In the Reconstruction Plan, President Lincoln in 1863 issued the Ten-Percent Plan. This plan would allow any southern amnesty that was supporting the emancipation of slaves. This plan would change after the killing of President Lincoln. I believe that if President Lincoln would have been president during those times Black American would have received benefits during that time, like better housing, schools and wealth.

In 1870 another crucial point was made, Congress created the Fifteenth Amendment, this would prohibited any state to deny citizen (male)...