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The time period between 1860 and 1877 was a time of turbulent political activity. In regards to this time of Reconstruction, a myriad of significant laws and bills were passed and made lasting changes to America and her constitution. Even though these laws and policies made up Reconstruction, they also made a revolution which changed America forever. For the most part, Reconstruction was focused mainly on what should be done with the multitude of newly emancipated blacks. The big challenge was how to allocate civil rights and the enforcement of those rights to a race which for so long has been accustomed to the liberty-less institution of slavery. Some people believed that “We shall get rid of slavery by constitutional means. But conferring on the black civil rights is another matter” (Document D). Although this held a belief in parts of America especially in the South, radical republicans like Thaddeus Stevens made sure reforms went far past emancipation. After the 13th Amendment prohibit