Fill in the Blanks Life as a free slaveOnline version Learn about how life is for a free slave by Brientz Brientz 1 slaves vote Andrew Amendments 1877 Fifteenth actively Americans not vengeful lincon slaves humiliating political African south Johnson 4 participate process 1865 Abraham did imposition Thirteenth The Union victory in the Civil War in 1865 may have given some million their freedom , but the process of rebuilding the South during the Reconstruction period ( - ) introduced a new set of significant challenges . the president at the timewas then he died and the president became . This was the time to 1 . Uprgrade the rights of the former 2 . Bring the back to normal 3 . impose harsh term . The South saw Reconstruction as a , even and welcome it . After the Civil War , with the protection of the , Fourteenth , and to the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 , enjoyed a period when they were allowed to , in the , acquire the land of form .