Reconstruction
The Reconstruction people often thought of the after the Civil War. There focus was on rebuilding the United Sates. It was the time of the great pain and endless questions. The Southerners wanted preserve their way of life, but the Northern wanted to punish the southerns.Lincoln wanted the defeated states to set up state government sand rejoin the Union quickly. His assassination shocked the country. Thaddeus Stevens was the most famous Radical Republican in the House of Representative. Frederick Douglass was well known for his efforts to end slavery and his skill at public speaking. During the Civil War. Douglass was a consultant to President Lincoln and helped convince him that slaves should serve in the Union forces and that the abolition of slavery should be a goal of the war. A major event that happened was the Black Codes Enacted it was the Southern States enact laws restricting rights of African Americans. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870.