As in any war, the Civil War created destruction in different parts of the countries’ structure. For instance, the Union destroyed southern crops, plantations, and entire cities. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of emancipated slaves rushed to Union lines as their masters fled the oncoming Union army (Foner). Therefore, by 1865, the government had the mission to rebuild the South; this is known as the Reconstruction period, where four major tasks has to be address: political, social, economic and infrastructure. The big question is how this process should be done. I can start by asking this question, how the Confederacy and the new free man should be reintegrated into society? There were three different positions that were represented by the