In many ways the Reconstruction helped the nation as a whole, but on the other hand it didn’t give many opportunities for the blacks from gaining their equality. Reconstruction was the method of rebuilding the nation that followed the American Civil War. It began under President Lincoln before the close of the war, and was carried on by President Johnson after the assassination of President Lincoln, during the years 1865 and 1866. Afterward there was a …showed first 75 words of 778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 778 total…abjured to any public education and access to public facilities. There are many misguided schemes that collapsed because of either radical excess or a democratic experiment that did not go far enough. The lack of land and reforms which would give African-Americans power to defend their interests as free citizens Reconstruction left significant legacies, including the 14th and 15th amendments which remained as the symbols of the democratic idealism that swept Congress in the 1860s.