Reconstruction Chart Type of Change
Example of One Change Caused by the Civil War and Reconstruction
(This is something that changed as a result of the Civil War and Reconstruction.)
Example of One Challenge to Change
(What actions or events happened or were a result of those opposed to the change?)
Political

African Americans gained the right to vote with the 15th Amendment. Some were also elected to political office.

Black Codes, poll taxes, and literacy tests prevented many newly freed African Americans from exercising their right to vote in the South.
Economic

Social