After the great battle of the American Civil War was fought and the North won, a greater battle was yet to take place; reconstruction. Rebuilding after the war would not be easy, and it wasn't. What was the primary objective? What should be done with former Confederates? Free blacks? How should this reconstruction take place? Many of these questions have been answered by the government, but how well? The reconstruction could have gone very differently, and that is what I intend to show. I will develop my reconstruction policy for the United States after the American Civil War, addressing several critical issues and the overall reintegration of the South into the Union. My politics are based on equality between the South and the North and making sure that the political balance and the economic balance of power are restored as much as possible. First, what is the primary goal of reconstruction? To successfully bring the United States together, we must address one issue at a time. Tackling the issues of Reconstruction and civil rights at the same time was too much to tackle at once, and to ensure that both issues were addressed fully and equitably, they needed to be addressed one at a time. It therefore seems logical to begin with the question of reunification, since before the issue of civil rights can be addressed the nation must be unified. Reunification would not be easy. I think reunification should have been done at the state level. Each state would apply to become a state in the union again. They could do so once a state has ratified a new “Reconstruction” amendment. This amendment would allow the Southern states to rejoin the union, as long as they accept all federal laws and there is 2......half of paper......or stress for the citizens of the South, it would be a waste of time and money. Troops could spend this time training instead of wasting it. The money that would need to be spent to feed, house, and clothe them would be enormous, and the nation would have to devote all of its money to helping the South get back on its feet, not paying soldiers to stay there. I think the reconstruction wasn't done as well as it could have been, I don't think I could have done any better. It is very difficult to reunify a union, especially one as fragile as the United States. I think what was done was probably for the best, and obviously it's impossible to go back in time and change it, but if I had the chance, I would let it happen just like it happened. After the war we saw tremendous growth in American industry and I think to some extent that was due to the way reconstruction was handled..