2. Although the reconstruction period was an ideal time to give blacks equality, ended up leading to segregation. President Johnson, a previous southern-slave holder himself, and most of the south did their very best to restrict blacks’ rights. Black codes and southern hate groups such as the KKK persecuted and restricted the rights of the newly freed blacks wherever they went and without a president willing to fight against the issue, blacks suffered possibly greater than when they were slaves. The process of sharecropping and the poverty cycle associated with that gave no help to the blacks either.

3. The greatest change was the end of slavery followed by rights being given to blacks. Unfortunately blacks’ idea of freedom differed from whites’ and ended in a segregated society. Also the South was in a state of economic chaos, having their main workforce freed, and their town, cities, and crops destroyed from the Civil war.

2. THe formation of the KKK made it very dangerous for African Americans to go anywhere. Black codes made it near impossible for former slaves to do whatever they please.

3. The main social change between 1860 and 1876 was that of slavery. It went from being a way of life to being abolished. There were still many hate crimes against them but a lot of White Americans learned to accept African Americans to be free and take place in the community.

2)There were many hate groups formed, including the KKK, that made life for African Americans dangerous and fearful. Although slavery was abolished, former slaves still had many restrictions placed upon them because of the Black Codes. From the economic perspective, African Americans could never get ahead with the method of sharecropping.

3) From 1860-1876, there was massive social progression. The country went from accepting and practicing slavery to allowing African Americans to be free and even take political office. Although predjudice existed, and probably still exists today, people started to accept African Americans into the society.

2. Although the Reconstruction tried to make African-Americans equal under the law, Supreme Court decisions prevented this from happening. The Ku Klux Klan was able to do what they want, while African-Americans were unable to defend their rights.

1. It is sort of what we learned in class, but more personal with actual people and more details.

2. Reconstruction failed for African-Americans because laws that were supposed to protect freed slaves were not enforced. The free people were not treated as members of society and were not able to live like ‘normal’ citizens for years, mostly because of groups like the Klu Klux Klan. The African-Americans may have been considered ‘free’, but they still lived just as they did before emancipation.

3. Between 1860 and 1876, America made huge jumps in social progression. Slavery was abolished and parts of the United States actually tried to let the freed slaves live normally among society. Even though the South wanted to prevent this in every way possible, the African-Americans still integrated into the freed population. African-Americans were also able to be voted into office and they were, most coming from the South.

2. In what ways did Reconstruction fail African-Americans? Give specific examples from text.
Some of the fails during reconstruction were things like the black codes, racial discrimination groups, and just the overall not enforcement.
The black codes made sure that even though in the federal law, these specific states would still keep you more of a subservant being.
Racial descrimination groups proved that there will always be tension between some people for “silly” reasons such as skin color. This was a major frustration for african americans because they had to be careful who they messed with and what they did, always watching out.

3. In what ways did America socially progress from 1860-1876?
Society didnt change as much as congress and amendments. Even though there was the 14,15 amendment, it wasnt enforced, people didnt have to care, i doubt some people even knew about them. But some of the southern people joined in and tried to move forword. This “progress” brought a lot of tension between different groups, former slave owners-newly freed, radical republicans-conservative repub., and still some north-south. Allthough America did progress in getting those amendments passed and electing it’s first african american leaders and house/senate members.

2) reconstruction failed the African-American community because although there were laws protecting the ex-slaves, the constitution was unable to protect them from hate groups such as the klu klux klan. they ex-slaves were unable to live comfortable, safe, and fair lives for a long period of time.

3)america showed a small amount of progression during the period of 1860 to 1876, although blacks had more rights, there was an unexceptable amount of agression shown towards blacks and equality was still far out of the picture.

2. Reconstruction was a perfect situation for African Americans to demand their rights and become a part of American society as equals. Instead, these opportunities were short lived and were often denied by a society still not willing to accept African Americans as equals. An example that John Spiller uses is how segregation had become completely normal back then, even though entertainers, musicians, and writers had become much more widely accepted. African Americans were also failed by Reconstruction because it left them as targets to hate groups such as the KKK.

3. Even though we may not see it as a big deal today, there were huge progressions in American society during the 1860′s and 1870′s. An example would have to be Universal male suffrage where all men, regardless of color, could vote. Even though segregation had become normal during the 1860′s and 70′s, it was still a huge step to have things have to be equal if they were going to be separate. This time period also saw African Americans take advantage of opportunities to get an education and to influence their government by running for political races.

2. The top way in which reconstruction failed african americans was through the lack of enforcement. One example of this was the Black Codes. The Black codes continued to “restrict their(blacks) legal status.” this is a huge failure for the African Americans because in federal law they were protected but in their states they had basically no rights. it was not until a year later that the federal government was able to suspend these state laws. Yet another example of the failure to enforce was in the Civil Rights Act of 1875, while guaranteeing equal rights in public places, the law its self did not even cover schools.one final example of the African American failed reconstruction was in the continual Supreme court decisions placing equality on the back burner. On such example was in the “privileges and immunities” clause.

3. We see social progression through the Freedmen’s bureau, the 14th and 15th amendments, and civil right acts. Even after looking at how the previous listed effected social life one realizes that the social progress was not very strong.

2. I believe the reconstruction failed the african americans because of such things as the ku klux klan because even though the radical republicans were calling for racial equality the ku klux klan showed pretty much the opposite. another part of the failure was the passing of black codes that restricted the afican americans and pretty much left them to work in fields as pretty much slaves

3. The US had come along way socially by the emancipation of the slaves which started the first part of the long trail of civil rights