Survey of U.S. History C121 Task 3

Western Governors University

A. Discussthreemajor changes in race relations (i.e., laws, amendments, labor arrangements, working conditions, migration patterns, socioeconomic changes) that resulted from Reconstruction(suggested length of 23 paragraphs). The first significant law that was brought about from reconstruction was the 14th amendment. This broadened the scope of who was considered a United States citizen. The amendment specified that anybody that was born or naturalized in the U.S. was a citizen. That meant that African Americans were also included. This was the very first time that African Americans had been recognized as citizens, but it was left to the states to determine whether or not they would be...