Social, political, and economic consequences of the Civil War on the southern U.S. after the surrender
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Supported the abolition of slavery - to comply with 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
Southern states - made to swear loyalty to the Union, to pay off war debt, but were free to choose how to reorganise themselves. -
Political, social, and racial disagreements caused violent altercations.
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Fredmen Bureau established.
Started organizing schools and universities for African Americans. African American teachers were also trained.
Poverty still relegated eduction in rural areas. -
As the colored communities gained freedom, they started forming their own churches (especially Baptists and Methodists).
Ministers gained political representation and education benefits. -
Emancipation gave rise to the development of a more equitable tax legislation, though it was not an easy task. There was much corruption. Yet, taxes were meant for building schools, hospitals, and for improving infrastructure.
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Because of emancipation, land owners/slaveholders lost capital.
Sharecropping began- ideally, laborers worked the land in return for a fraction of what they produced.
Landowners/tenants exploited workers, poverty prevailed. -
Colored people attacked and murdered.
Exposed social hatred. -
Charges - not passed by one vote.
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Innumerable murders of republicans and freedmen
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Pursued universal men suffrage.
14th Amendment - African Americans granted citinzenship, and equal civil and legal rights. -
Supported the reconstruction and was in favor of the Enforcement Acts protecting African Americans.
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Guaranteed everybody's rigth to vote.
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African Americans guaranteed equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations and service on juries.
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His period ended the reconstruction.
