It is important to understand the country's past before pursuing the topic of "Reconstruction" for many reasons. In order for the world to "recover" properly and efficiently, learning about history is a key factor in avoiding repetition, understanding concepts, and creating alternative perspectives. You do not want the mistakes and tragedies that happened in the past to reoccur.
The Civil War lasted for 4 years (1861-1865), between the United States of America and the Confederate States over the topic of Slavery. The North was fighting to end slavery, whereas the South was fighting to maintain slavery. These 4 years were filled with suffering and struggling.Families were torn apart as over 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. Everyday life was repetitively destroyed. A whole nation was left struggling to survive. At the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the Reconstruction Era, there were social, racial and political fallouts.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, it sparked conflict as his main goal was to abolish slavery. Which was ultimately a result of the end of the Civil War. Both the ratification of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, ended slavery as a whole. It freed almost 4 million african americans. However just their newly found "freedom" did not guarantee that their suffering had come to an end. The South resisted the efforts to integrate them into society. African americans came back to no land, no education, poverty and racism. Paving the road into the Reconstruction Era. Because Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the year 1865 by a Confederate sympathizer by the name of John Wilkes Booth, it meant that Lincoln's succesor Andrew Johnson had to come into play. President Johnson at first didn't share the same visions of unity as Lincoln, which caused
more conflict and political struggles. The government was facing difficulties on what the rights of the newly freed slaves should entail. The Civil War had brought about the abolishment of slavery but left the nation divided.
I think it is important to learn about the hardships and events that played a role in the Civil War before discussing the Reconstruction because it brings about why the reconstruction was so necessary. The war itself wasn't just a war based on a political disagreement or an argument based upon territory it was a moral and economic battle for what was just and equal that would end up shaping the world as a whole.
Sources: https://fords.org/lincolns-assassination/investigating-the-assassination/#:~:text=Before%20John%20Wilkes%20Booth%20assassinated,conspirators%20planning%20to%20kidnap%20Lincoln.https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history. https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history
The Civil War lasted for 4 years (1861-1865), between the United States of America and the Confederate States over the topic of Slavery. The North was fighting to end slavery, whereas the South was fighting to maintain slavery. These 4 years were filled with suffering and struggling.Families were torn apart as over 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. Everyday life was repetitively destroyed. A whole nation was left struggling to survive. At the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the Reconstruction Era, there were social, racial and political fallouts.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, it sparked conflict as his main goal was to abolish slavery. Which was ultimately a result of the end of the Civil War. Both the ratification of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, ended slavery as a whole. It freed almost 4 million african americans. However just their newly found "freedom" did not guarantee that their suffering had come to an end. The South resisted the efforts to integrate them into society. African americans came back to no land, no education, poverty and racism. Paving the road into the Reconstruction Era. Because Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the year 1865 by a Confederate sympathizer by the name of John Wilkes Booth, it meant that Lincoln's succesor Andrew Johnson had to come into play. President Johnson at first didn't share the same visions of unity as Lincoln, which caused
more conflict and political struggles. The government was facing difficulties on what the rights of the newly freed slaves should entail. The Civil War had brought about the abolishment of slavery but left the nation divided.
I think it is important to learn about the hardships and events that played a role in the Civil War before discussing the Reconstruction because it brings about why the reconstruction was so necessary. The war itself wasn't just a war based on a political disagreement or an argument based upon territory it was a moral and economic battle for what was just and equal that would end up shaping the world as a whole.
Sources: https://fords.org/lincolns-assassination/investigating-the-assassination/#:~:text=Before%20John%20Wilkes%20Booth%20assassinated,conspirators%20planning%20to%20kidnap%20Lincoln.https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history. https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history