Reconstruction

Civil War: Reconstruction

After the Civil War ended in 1865, legislators fought over a policy of Reconstruction proposed by Radical Republicans—which included strict federal intervention in the South, which had sought to secede over the issue of slavery—for reintegrating the South into the Union. Was so-called radical Reconstruction: • Necessary, because Southerners had long viewed blacks merely as property, and would revert to the same political and social environment without strict federal oversight? (PRO) • A violation of states' rights, because the federal government could not dictate how the freed slaves were treated by the South? (CON)

CON:If the troops stayed in he South,it would have seemed like the war never ended,and it wouldn't be fair.

CON:If we punish the South, we might risk losing our nation forever.

CON:Some Northerners that moved to the South came to help rebuild the buildings,but they really made the South build the buildings which made the South pay money.