Laws are a list of rules that create a system that a particular country or community recognizes as the regulations for its members. By providing these rules and regulations for what citizens can and cannot do helps shape the cultural expectations of society. Laws affect society by setting ground rules for things that shouldn’t happen and things that have happened and need to be prohibited. During the time of reconstruction laws played a role that could be seen as helpful and major.
After the war there had been so much damage. Many lost homes,jobs, and family members and those who already had nothing were forced to start over once again. To make sure there things were getting done and changes were being made, several laws and promises made to freedpeople. Document 6.1 ,Freedpeople Protest the Loss of Their Land, states “Under President Johnson’s reconstruction policies, most of the land was taken and returned to its original owners later that year.” One of the major issues freedpeople had with getting back on their feet was that they had nowhere to live and no where to start their families. Although this time was seen as reconstruction none of the real problems were getting fixed. How did the government expect freed people to feel free if there was no laws to protect them. …show more content…
Instead of creating laws that were comprised to atleast get everyone on the same page, freed people were automatically not included. Document 6.1 ,Freedpeople Protest the Loss of Their Land,states “The state will make laws that we shall not be able to hold land even if we pay for it; landless,homeless, and voteless.” There were no laws made to protect the rights of freed people. Even if they things to change by getting involved they were not able to because they were not allowed to participate in their own government. Was reconstruction really about bringing “everyone”