Reconstruction- David Adler- Edison State

Reconstruction failed due to severe political, economical, and social disorder. The main goal of reconstruction is to help protect against the emancipation of four million slaves. This reconstructive plan was a stepping-stone for overall freedom, which backfired. Rights had been promised; government land given to African Americans to stabilize the southern economy was advocated then abandoned.  African Americans expecting sovereignty from their political leaders where left empty handed. Political agendas were not to free slaves, but to save the unions destruction. African Americans constantly expressed the need for help from political leaders but received inequality, and injustice. Social order needed to be set as equal playing fields without ambiguity in law-abiding contracts. Micro Managing the economy for uneducated people would have given new opportunities for underprivileged African American and white southerners. Without government help this will allow educated landowners to have total control over illiterate African Americans rights. President Lincoln had major goals, and fought for the rights and freedom of African Americans, but mainly focused on reuniting the north with the devastated south. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendment were steps in the right direction for reconstruction, but did not prevail.  These African American hardships would be the cause of many unethical behaviors among American white southerners during the reconstructive era.

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