To what degree and in what ways did reconstruction alter the political, economic, and social fabric of american society?

Reconstruction era began in America after the Civil War to rebuild America after its destruction. Reconstruction alters the American Society by giving status to the African American. Reconstruction was an effort to give freed slaves newly acquired freedom. The rectification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments permitted slavery to abolished from America. African Americans got the right to vote and citizenship as whites.