One major political change that occurred during Reconstruction was the ratification of the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment was, as stated in Document 1, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the State where they reside.” This amendment defined citizenship for all people, calling any person born in the U.S. a certified American citizen. This change puts a major effect on American citizens because it …show more content…
A significant effect in American economy that occurred because of the Reconstruction was the grand Industrial movement in the South. Many of these economic effects are shown in Document 5, in which Charles Dudley Warner explains the benefits of the South’s business. “We found a South wide awake to business, astonished at the development of its own immense resources in metals, marbles, coal, timber, fertilizers, rapidly opening minds, building furnaces and all sorts of shops. It is like the discovery of a new