For this exercise, I would like you to analyze the impact of the Reconstruction Era on the South and the United States as a whole. You may consider the following points:
• The reasons why the Federal government created Reconstruction governments in the South and passed the Fourteenth Amendment.
• The major points of the Fourteenth Amendment and their impact on American political history.
• The reasons why the Fourteenth Amendment failed to protect the voting and property rights of black Americans and for almost 100 years, was not used as originally intended by Congress.