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The Reconstruction Era: A Difficult Period in American History

The Reconstruction Era that lasted from 1865 to 1877 what's the time period in which America was recovering from the Civil War and post slavery. it was especially difficult when President Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot and Andrew Johnson who was not as prone to having slaves freed as his predecessor Lincoln, took over.Johnson vetoed many bills and was against everything Congress put forth. Johnson was even impeached but was acquitted by one vote in the senate. the Reconstruction Era was especially difficult for all of America due to the destroyed infrastructure of everything and how everything was complete obliteration and people still had to accept the fact that slaves were free.

Farmers continuously were against it because they didn't know who would help their crops grow or who work on the farms people still had racial bias towards African americans. people still treated them differently people still had biases and people still did not treat them with respect. Just  because the Civil War was over doesn't mean everything went back to normal and everyone accepted the outcome people are still very much against the slaves being freed people made it very difficult to rebuild the country including President Johnson.

it was especially difficult because the nation will still divided and it still was trying to recover from all the damage that was done in the Civil War but some people wanted to help and some people made it difficult therefore it reconstruction took way longer then it needed to because People started making laws restricting African Americans from voting putting up obstacles so people especially African Americans who would make it harder for them to have rights to vote it also had a lot to do with people still having prejudice just cuz the Civil War was over didn't mean people didn't see African Americans as below them or that they saw them as not equal just  because the Civil War was over Really didn't mean anybody was free there were still a bunch of obstacles that were ahead and there was a lot of work to be done.

for people especially African Americans to become integrated with Society because people still didn't treat them with respect people still put up obstacles Including literacy test so African Americans could vote but African-Americans when they were slaves we never taught to read and write so it made it unfair for them so they couldn't pass because they didn't have the education or literacy to do it. so it was a rigged system that they put in place because they couldn't accept the outcome they lost the Civil War and that the slaves were free. the Civil War ended but a new era began the Jim Crow era  which basically put up obstacles for African Americans to do anything just to make it harder thinking they would give up and not try and be integrated in society. because they just couldn't accept the outcome and it's unfortunate and they're still working done to this day.