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SlaveReconstruction is the period of restoration in the South after the American Civil War. This was a new era in the history of the country. The country emerged with a new battle-to stabilize the South and impose upon the newly freed slaves. On one side of the battlefield were former slaves and abolitionists. On the other were former slave owners.

SlavTo whites, it became hard to accept blacks as equals. This was one of the goals of the Reconstruction period. At this point, blacks began to enjoy the rights granted to them as citizens by the new amendments to the United States Constitution. They registered to vote and became officials in office. The goals of the Reconstruction were never fully reached nor were those that were implemented last because as soon as Reconstruction ended in 1877 most practices of restraining the rights of blacks returned.

uuuThere were many fundamental changes that occurred in the process of attempting to complete the goals of the Reconstruction. Blacks formed many churches to prevent being lower class citizens in white churches. Education in the black communities also took an astonishing rise. Reconstruction began to scale back when the democratic office took control of the government. They cut taxes, which severely lowered the amount of money used on education especially on black schools. Also, the number of blacks voters dropped severely due to methods of the Ku Klux Klan and state governments such as lynchings and poll taxes. The Reconstruction brought with it little lasting results but set the stage for the Civil Rights Movement that in a century would rock an entire country.