There are two successes during this time. In Document 8: “A Yankee Visits the New South” (1887), “... with the North in the same purpose of wealth by industry”. The South joined the North in the industrial business meaning that they would no longer need slaves to become wealthy. At this time, and still the same today, the biggest success is being wealthy. Another success is also in Document 8, “... The most striking industrial development today is in iron, coal, lumber, and marble”. This is saying that now that the South is also wealthy, they are able to have furnaces and mines. With that, they are able to get those resources. …show more content…
As can be seen in Document 3: A Freedman Describes His Experience, “... They were set free without a dollar, without a foot of land, and without the ability to get the next meal”. With that being said, I personally think that the government should at least give them a few dollars in order to get their new freed lives started. Instead of not providing them with any means of survival. In addition to show another failure. According to Document 5: “Worse Than Slavery” (1874), an illustration in Harper’s Weekly in October, 1874, shows that the White League and the K.K.K. abused and killed African Americans. Still to this day the K.K.K. kill African Americans. Although now it’s illegal, but some still go out and kill