Blog #10: What's the deal with Reconstruction?

What's the deal with Reconstruction?

What is/was Reconstruction? What went well? What went poorly?

Why is it relevant today?

Connect the basic history of Reconstruction with a modern issue, as found (and cited and excerpted from a modern news story).

The time period after the Civil War was known as the Reconstruction Era. The point of the Reconstruction as to regain order in the southern states after the war. In the south there were many problems concerning government and economic problems so this era was to help regain some of the balance in those certain areas. The north sent a troops called the Union Army down to the south to try and create peace and to enforce the new laws as well. The south was not happy at all with the defeat from the north and they did not cooperate at all with the Reconstruction that was going on. The Union Army was there to enforce the laws that slavery was being abolished and the south didnt want to listen to the government so they were also there to tell them what was going on. It didnt really work out that well because there were many many troops off in Texas fighting against the native americans, so there wasnt enough troops down in the south to exactly make something happen. The whole reconstruction didnt work out that well. This is evident because if it turned out well, there wouldnt be problems that are going on now still with racism.