Successes and Failures of Reconstruction Hold Many Lessons

Eric Foner, historian professor at DeWitt Clinton at Columbia University, talked about American history as "a revival: an unfinished American revolution" and recently "a way to freedom: a hidden history of the subway" writing.

Reconstruction was to reunify the country destroyed by the civil war, to establish a new society in the south among slavery ashes, and to form democracy beyond democracy for the first time in our history. However, this amazing moment is rare in American history.

The reconstruction and its results remind us that the rights of the Constitution are not self-executive and that our freedom can not be considered natural.

Success and failure of reconstruction brought many lessons to our time. In this era, the liberation from 4 million slavery did not abruptly eliminate the serious racial prejudice brought about by slavery, but rather the permanence of political or economic equality against former slaves There was no guarantee. However, reconstruction also shows the possibility of transitioning beyond racial discrimination to a more just society. Those white republics who shared racial prejudices in their society, but who rewrite national legislation and constitution so as to incorporate the ideals of equal citizenship stimulate our own passionate era Should be given. Mobilizing former slaves and asking them to be Americans is an example of how ordinary people can help change history.

Since we like stories of happy endings, reconstruction challenges Americans' historical understanding. Unfortunately, the subversion of the southern central government was partly due to violence by terrorists, followed by supremacy of white people legally obliged in the long run. But this itself provides a timely lesson - nothing inevitable or prearranged for progress in freedom and equality. The reconstruction and its results remind us that the rights of the Constitution are not self-executive and that our freedom can not be considered natural.

Unlike KKK generals and founders, black and white leaders at the time had few monuments. Fortunately, the National Park Service has announced an initiative to decide how to raise the awareness of reconstruction in its historical ruins. This is an important part in rebuilding American history as self consciousness.

Among the many trials and sufferings that occurred during the reconstruction, we have determined whether it succeeded or failed. Many good things and bad things are happening in rebuilding. . As with projects of this size, backwards and tragedies may occur. The whole process generally succeeded. Although setup is not completed. The bill changed the flow of history. Like this project ... rebuilding ... 1863 to 1877 when the United States focused on the abolition of slavery, the destruction of the coalition, the reconstruction of the state and constitution, and the post-Civil War era from 1865 to 1865 It was between. General history In 1877, under the rule of Abraham Lincoln, when the Federal Army dominates most states, presidential reconstruction begins in each state. The usual end date when 1877 compromise saw the collapse of the last Republican state government is 1877.

Success and failure of reconstruction brought many lessons to our time. In this era, the liberation from 4 million slavery did not abruptly eliminate the serious racial prejudice brought about by slavery, but rather the permanence of political or economic equality against former slaves There was no guarantee. However, reconstruction also shows the possibility of transitioning beyond racial discrimination to a more just society. Those white republics who shared racial prejudices in their society, but who rewrite national legislation and constitution so as to incorporate the ideals of equal citizenship stimulate our own passionate era Should be given. Mobilizing former slaves and asking them to be Americans is an example of how ordinary people can help change history.