Purchase Solution

Understanding the Reconstruction Era

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Describe the changed world of ex-slaves after the Civil War

Evaluate and understand the relative success of Reconstruction

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

This solution will assist the student in understanding the cultural changes and relative successes of the Reconstruction Era in the United States.

Solution Preview

Describe the changed world of ex-slaves after the Civil War.

After the defeat of the Confederate and the end of slavery (legally documented), the southern United States was in social turmoil. A different kind of conflict began between Black and White Americans. Black Americans were forging an understanding of freedom and how that changed the meaning of their lives and White Americans wanted to desperately retain the "old order" of society.

The ex-slaves began to reunite families that were separated under slavery and began to establish their own schools and churches. The family became the main pillar in their new culture. As slaves, marriages were not considered legal thus many Black Americans had their marriages legally registered under the ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
The French Revolution

This quiz covers the first French Revolution of 1789-94.

US World History Test II

Major Events from 1452 to 1877

CoViD-19 and Historic Pandemics

How much do you know about CoViD-19 and how it compares to historic pandemics? Test your knowledge with this short quiz!

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Basic quiz about the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

The Slavery Question in the American Territories

This quiz will test your knowledge about various laws and policies on slavery in the U.S. during the 19th century.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • U.S. History 1865 to 1945

    History 1865 to 1945 A) President Abraham Lincoln's and President Johnson's reconstruction era plans B) Define the progressive era 1) To what extent did the Era of Reconstruction create a New South?

  • Thoughts on Reconstruction

    351938 Reconstruction era What were its successes of the Reconstruction era? Where were the missed opportunities? Also, think about the West. How has your understanding of the West changed as a result of our study?

  • Reconstruction, white terror, and the Compromise of 1877

    White terror and the Compromise of 1877 significantly contributed to the end of the Reconstruction era in the united States. The Reconstruction period occurred between 1865 and 1877 after the end of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

  • Reconstruction Era

    The popular view of the Reconstruction era held for a long time considered the period one of the greatest failures in American politics.

  • Federal Government Expansion

    Examples of expansion in federal authority are evident in events surrounding the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights Era. â?

  • Three important figures from an era in U.S. history between European settlement and Reconstruction

    Three important figures from an era in the United States history between European settlement and reconstruction is provided.

  • Freedman's Bureau

    The Freedmen's Bureau was a Federal agency that was set up during the Reconstruction era to help freedmen (the slaves) who were having a difficult time adjusting to their new life.

  • The Davis Administration and the 1876 Texas Constitution

    Davis was governor during the Reconstruction era.

  • Theme in Johnson's work

    I am confused as to why he chose this first and then regretted it later. 2) How does this part of the memoir increase one's understanding of the Reconstruction Era and of African American literature?

View More Related Solutions