Life after Emancipation

Will, Cody, Stormy

Southern Reconstruction• The end of the civil war caused

complicated issues and dilemmas for Americans during the Reconstruction Era.

• After the Confederacy was defeated, Southern states were devastated physically and economically.

• Millions of slaves were now free and looked at with hatred and loathsome.

Economy• Southern states were

entirely dependant on slaves.

• After emancipation there were no jobs for whites or blacks.

• Cotton was the main export and was drastically reduced after the civil war.

What it Took

•To finally end slavery it took the invasion of the South by the North.

•It also took the passage of the thirteenth amendment

Difficulties

• Even though slavery has ended the hate has not.

•Hate against African Americans did not stop.

•It took much longer then the emancipation.

Racism Today

•Even though slavery has ended the hate crimes have not.

•Groups such as the kkk were formed.

•Even after slavery was emancipated they still found themselves fighting for freedom.

• Emancipation Proclamation• What role did Abraham Lincoln play in the

emancipation of slaves?

Emancipation

Amendment

• What was the thirteenth amendment?

• Effects

Slavery

• Many people were mistreated by slavery• They were forced to do work