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Answer 1

How did the lives of Americans change during Reconstruction?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The most obvious: they were no longer slaves. They started to be able to own land and participate in self government. The Reconstruction was viewed as a splendid failure but it did give African Americans valuable experience in government, commerce, and society that helped later.

Answer 4

It changed the lives of African-Americans by: -First,the 13th Amendment was made, it gave them something they had always wanted, ever since each one was born, and ever since the early 1600's when the first slaves were brought from Africa to America by Dutchmen, their freedom. But it did not protect African-Americans, so....
-the 14th Amendment was made, blacks were declared as citizens and were protected by federal laws.
-then there was the 15th Amendment. This made it possible for black men to vote.
-Freeman's Bureau, an organization to help train, register to vote, and educate blacks. Downsides Other Improvements How did the Civil War and Reconstruction period change the lives of African-Americans in America? -But white Southern men who were extremely racist tried to stop them. Large plantation owners who needed laborers dominated Southern society. And since former slaves were now free, the former owners sought to control the movement and freedom of slaves as much as possible. Southerners sought to accomplish this with restrictions like "Black Codes." Some examples of "Black Codes" are the literacy test: a test that shows a person can read and write before voting. The problem with this was
Then there was the lengthy residence requirements. It required a person to live as a landowner for 10 years before they can even vote.