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13th, 14th, 15th Amendment
The 13th amendment was to abolish slavery. The 14th amendment was citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. The 15th amendment was all men had the right to vote. These amendment was both helpful and not helpful for American History. It was good because it helped abolish slaves and gave people more rights, but the slave owners were upset over the 13th amendment. -
Klu Klux Klan
The Klu Klux Klan was originally created in Tennesse and it was made to stop blacks from voting. They once had conrol over the South and they wanted to have that power again. They wore white robes with hoods over them. They started killing and burning the blacks home. "Attempted to keep African Americans and white Republicans from voting." (Glencoe, 402). This did not show progress in American history this was a terrible time period with violence and did nto help the U.S at all. -
Scalawags
The Scalawags were Southerners that were loyal of sympathetic to the North. I they stayed in the South they were persicuted so they usually left for the North. The Scalawags showed progress for America because theses were people who lived in the South and cared for the North as well. -
Events leading to the Future
The Reconstruction lead to the future because the Reconstruction era was what ended all of the hatred towards the African Americans and without this era the United States would not be like it is today.
