Part one of term paper
After the Civil War ended in 1865, the south was in total ruins. Houses were destroyed, crops were gone, and lives would never be the same again. It wouldn’t be until years after the war that people would get their lives back on track. Whites in the south now hated the blacks and still think they are inferior. The process of rebuilding tha ...

Part two of term paper
... the status of the freed slaves and how to restore the South’s economy. President Lincoln, President Johnson and the Radical Republicans each had their own plans. Lincoln started thinking about reconstruction as early as 1863. He wanted for 10 percent of the voters in each southern state to take an oath of loyalty to the United States. After this the state could form its own government. The government had to abolish slavery. After this was done the government could elect congressmen an ...