Reconstruction

Revolution in a political institution such as the United States would be a complete fundamental change in the government or social structure of the country. Both constitutionally and socially a compilation of many great changes can amount to a fundamental change in structure. During the Civil War and the Reconstruction era the country survived civil war, grave differences between the nationalistic North and the states-rights South, and the complete disband of the slavery system that …

…the United States, many changes were introduced. The fundamental differences between the societies of the North and South caused the Civil War, which led to both a social and constitutional revolution. The 13th ,14th , and 15th Amendments were all constitutional developments that led to this revolution. The final results of this revolution were the social and constitutional changes in the status of African Americans in the United States. They were given rights as free men.