To firmly state, reconstruction has been an unresolved issue that people in the United States are still facing and questioning today. However, it was a great privilege for Abraham Lincoln to reconstruct the United States by putting an end to slavery and allowing the Southern and Northern States to reunite into the Union. Although, due to Lincoln being killed and Andrew Johnson taking his place (Reconstruction, Chapter 15, Section II, www.americanawp.com), the reconstruction ended with multiple failures such as the establishment of Black Codes, violence towards the African Americans, and the birth of Jim Crow Laws which all lead to white supremacy.
One of the failures that resulted from reconstruction was laws known as Black Codes. The purpose of Black Codes being enforced was to exhibit control over the behavior and economic status of African Americans. Even though Black Codes gave African Americans certain rights, such as the right to get married and own property, it denied them the rights to citizenship and to be treated equally. For example, as I read the text on Reconstruction, (Reconstruction, Chapter 15, Section II, …show more content…
Once African Americans gained citizenship rights, the white southerners were not pleased by that decision and they could not imagine the blacks having supremacy in the states. As a result, they waged a war and targeted African Americans and even people who supported the cause of African Americans having citizenship rights by killing, hanging, and abusing them (Reconstruction, Chapter 15, Section V, www.americanawp.com). The Ku Klux Klan was fighting for white supremacy to take place in the states and due to the government not enforcing the 14th Amendment, they were able to attack African Americans. As a result, many African Americans died, lost their homes and families and continued to live in a world where they had limited
One of the failures that resulted from reconstruction was laws known as Black Codes. The purpose of Black Codes being enforced was to exhibit control over the behavior and economic status of African Americans. Even though Black Codes gave African Americans certain rights, such as the right to get married and own property, it denied them the rights to citizenship and to be treated equally. For example, as I read the text on Reconstruction, (Reconstruction, Chapter 15, Section II, …show more content…
Once African Americans gained citizenship rights, the white southerners were not pleased by that decision and they could not imagine the blacks having supremacy in the states. As a result, they waged a war and targeted African Americans and even people who supported the cause of African Americans having citizenship rights by killing, hanging, and abusing them (Reconstruction, Chapter 15, Section V, www.americanawp.com). The Ku Klux Klan was fighting for white supremacy to take place in the states and due to the government not enforcing the 14th Amendment, they were able to attack African Americans. As a result, many African Americans died, lost their homes and families and continued to live in a world where they had limited