Reconstruction, Finding a focus, thesis, and plan of development

Focus: I will focus my paper on the effects of the Civil War based heavily on the Reconstruction era.

Thesis: The Civil War forever changed the lives of Americans through politics, the economy, and the lives of free blacks.

Introduction: If the North hadn't achieved victory slavery could of still been in existence today
Reconstruction

Politics: Lincoln assassinated
Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Civil Rights Act
Southern officials
Johnson's disapproval
Johnson's near impeachment

Economy: Death of majority of Southern men
Rebuilding cities
Railroads
Statistics
Tenant farming and share cropping

Free Blacks: Emancipation Proclamation
Black families
Black marriages
Amendments effects
Riots
KKK
Black Codes

Conclusion: Rebellion quelled
Slaves freed
Led to modern America