Reconstruction Video

Throughout the reconstruction video it is clearly stated throughout that the Reconstruction period in the US is the period in 1865- 1877 which occured right after the Civil War. This was during the time when there was a lot of moves were made to fix the inequalities of slavery as well as the political social and economic legacy to try and fix these problems that were arising. 

While watching American After the Civil War as a class we saw a lot of events that occurred during the Reconstruction period. From watching this video we learned a lot about the background of this time period. Reconstruction was to help the Social advancement for the African Americans but it tried to help and solve these problems that were occurring. There were many legal decisions that had to be put into part to help enforce that these laws were coming into place. The thirteenth ameendment then came into palce which was forbidding slavery. This was beneficial during this time period because it helped enforcing that slavery shouldn't be allowed. 

The fourteenth amendment came out which allowed there to be help getting Grants from Due process, equal protection and Privileges or immunities. This amendment also helped the African Americans by giving them support when in court. 

Also, during class we always create timelines on different time periods. Thus just gave me a preview of the Reconstruction period. After watching American After the Civil War  it gave me such a greater image of this time period and allowed me to get a visual of all that we had learned in class.  I was able to see the emotional side of this period and got to see closer into this time period by watching this video.