Reconstruction.
Reconstruction is a term used for the seceded states to be restored after the civil war. Also the integration of people in the American society after the war. Some looked at it as a way to detach southerners from their allegiance. The reconstruction mainly took place in southern parts of the U.S. It started at the end of the civil war in 1865 till 1877. Some issues that were present was what role former confederates might play in the U.S gov. Also issues like what role freed slaves will play in the American society.
Black Codes
With former slave owners angered about not having slavery. A white supremacist made a series of laws like:blacks cant make contracts,testify against whites,marry white women, they have to be unemployed, and loiter in public areas. With that, the Klu Klux Klan was getting more violent and blacks were protected by military forces.
The Ten Percent Plan
States that each state that is succeeded have to redraft there Constitution and 10 percent of them have to pledge to the oath of the united states in order to rejoin.
Important people
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was still the president during this time. He planed to free more slaves. He also planed to grant more sweeping freedoms. A lot of slaves were freed.
Frederick Douglass
He escaped from slavery and became the best known abolitionist in America. His voice was very strong in the topic of freeing slaves. He was named president of freedman savings bank.