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 The Reconstruction Era had both positives and negatives. 

I am going to start with the negatives. 

Lynching is a public killing of an individual who has not received any due process. 

They were often carried out by lawless mobs. The Ku Klux Klan, founded in 1886 in Tenessee, the main target was the Freedman Bureau, it restored white rule in Tennessee, Georgia, and NC, led to the Force Act of 1870 and the KKK Act of 1871. 

Carpetbaggers intended intention was to become rich and gain political power. Lincoln’s Assassination, soon after the war ended Lincoln gave a speech that argued for Black men and veterans to have the right to vote. 

The end of Military Reconstruction ended with the Compromise of 1877, a compromise was reached between Republicans and Democrats. 

Black Codes, designed as a restrictive law designed to limit the freedoms of African Americans, Grandfather Clause, Literacy test, and segregation of public schools and public places. 

With the negatives, come the positives. 

The Freedmen’s Bureau, a federal agency to help the newly freed, existed in the southern states, fed millions, built schools, and helped reconnect family members. 

Founding Black Colleges in America, were unallowed, in 1837 Cheyenne University was the first Black College established, 1851 the University of the District of Columbia was also established, and they had major controversy. 

The 13th Amendment banned slavery, the 14th Amendment, granted citizenship to all persons and gave and guaranteed equal protection of laws, southern states would be punished for not allowing African Americans to vote. 15th Amendment granted African Americans the right to vote. 

The First African American in Congress, Rhodes Revels- was well educated, and Joseph Hayne Rainey- the first black man and former slave to serve in the U.S. House of Reps.