The reconstruction era was a time in the United States in which post civil war the whole country tried to reunite the states. The south was in a social, political, and economic turmoil. Eleven Confederate states had seceded from the Union during the wartime unrest. In response, the Union implemented a controversial reconstruction plan to regain order in the Confederate states. Then came the black codes and it depended on the country but it gave them the rights to own your own property. When Andrew Johnson came into power he ignored Lincoln's reconstruction plan. Not only was he unsupportive of the Freedmen’s Bureau but he supported southern white rule over local governments. Johnson implemented Presidential Reconstruction. Under this plan, Johnson issued pardons to former Confederates and urged Confederate states to form new governments.
Today, as a result of extensive new research and profound changes in American race relations, historians view Reconstruction far more favorably, as a time of genuine progress for former slaves and the South as a whole.
For all Americans, Reconstruction was a time of fundamental social, economic, and political change. The overthrow of Reconstruction left to future generations the troublesome problem of racial justice.
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