Successes and Failures of Reconstruction

Failures:

- Even though the slaves were free they were not counted as real freedmen. They did not have the right the same rights as the white southerners. For example, they couldn't vote, they didn't have a piece of land, and above all they were illitrate.

- The Blacks and the freedmen did not start out their lives well. Even though they were free they had many ecomomical problems. Some of them stayed with their current master to be fead and have a place where to sleep. Others went out to find work in big cities.

Successes:

- Although the freedmen had problems intigrating the society. The congress helped by creating the Freedmen's bureau where the freedmen were assisted and helped. They gave out medical supplies, clothing, and meals

- When the Union was united with the seceded states, America evolved. The cities got bigger and had more technology. New kind of transportation was made. It became industrialized, and lots of factories rised.