History Final paper

Discussion Board #7

Reconstruction era was the time period between (1863-1877) after the end of American civil war, during which endeavors were made to change the disparities of bondage and its political, social, and monetary heritage. Despite the promise of ending slavery, there was still a lot of slavery trades going on at that time. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson who were considered as the abolishers of slavery, even they used to own more than 200 slaves working for them. Reconstruction era was supposed to be a productive era rather, it ended up being a problematic one. After watching the “Birth of a Nation Clip 5”, we can see how much uncivilized and unmannered the representatives in the first legislative session were. The first legislative was dominated by African-Americans as they were in majority with 101 in number as compared to the whites who were just 23. The clip was funny to watch which reminded me of watching Charlie Chaplin’s short comedy tapes.  The emerging of Ku Klux Klan which was a white supremacist terrorist group, made the Reconstruction era even worse as their main aim was to suppress the newly freed Slaves.