The Reconstruction era redefined U.S. citizenship and expanded the franchise, changed the relationship between the federal government and the governments of the states, and highlighted the differences between political and economic democracy.
The course of World War II, leading up to the end of 1940, was an
expansion of territory by the country of Germany. Germany was
beginning to invade its neighboring countries. http://www.answers.com/Q/Describe_the_course_of_World_War_2_in_europe_until_the_end_of_1940
They could only be readmitted if they ratified the 13th, 14th &15th Amendments. These amendments first abolished slavery, prohibited depriving any male equal protection under the law, & gave African Americans the right to vote.
To support revising the Articles of Confederation was that the central government lacks power or lack of centralized government power.
The previous Article of Confederation allowed the states to hold most of the power, and the central government was too weak to even function properly. Due to this there was also huge difference in terms of economics from state to state.
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there was a lot of segregation and racial tensions back then. some whites just wanted to have more than the African Americans