The Reconstruction Period and Morality? (JingChen (Lucy) Yang)

                During our previous socratic seminar, we learned about the Reconstruction period and how that had impacted the overall America's fundamental believe over equality and freedom. Especially diving into the signifiant issue of White Supremacy in the South, the majorities of black's struggle for freedom rose from these former pro-slavery states. Despite the government passing down the 15th, 16th the Southern states still managed to find a loophole. I find it intriguing and what is the extend a faith or fixed mindset can lead drive people to the extremes. In this case, for many in the South most people thought it was almost a violation of their rights to have free black Americans within their states. Almost backed by nothing, yet supported many because it solely benefited their positions in the social hierarchy.
                Due to this belief that spread around in the white supremacists South like wildfire, many began believing that despite the blacks were now free and capable of owning their own land, they would try to do everything to prevent them from any sort of power. Materialistic things couldn't of been in the hands of the blacks, any sort of political power within the congress or supreme court was seen to revolt against as well. Overall, it puzzled me that was it the fear of loosing a stance in the social hierarchy or was it a sense of pride on coming in to terms that the Southerners now had to accept the blacks as regular citizens?