The primary concern that dominated the period of congressional reconstruction was how to deal with the southern states that had seceded. Although most agreed that they should be re-integrated, there was wide disagreement on how "lenient" the federal government should be with restrictions.
He was 24
"he was hired as a messenger for a local telegraph company, where he taught himself how to use the equipment and was promoted to telegraph operator. With this skill he landed a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad, where he was promoted to superintendent at age 24."
Slavery has been around the centuries but got more well known around this period of time and they used to the system to the advantage when they arrived
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Brown v. Board of Education decided that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. It overturned the previous "separate but equal" doctrine which was originally decided in the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
If the Brown v. Board of Education decision had been different, schools today could potentially still be racially segregated. This means that schools for colored students would be separate from schools for white students.
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