Post Civil War... Reconstruction

This week, we took our test... Of Course, but we briefly talked about the reconstruction era that came after the Civil War. In this era, it was mostly about what should happen with the freed slaves. Should they have had equal rights or not? That was the big question that was asked. What do you think? Should the equal rights movement have come faster? And if so, what do you think the effect would have been? I think that if the equal rights movement came earlier, it would have been easier to go through the Great Depression that cam later, with a bigger and more equal work force. We also talked about the Freedman's Bureau which was supposed to reform the South. The ratio was really lopsided though. 2000/4million freed slaves. How do you think that they were able to reconnect all of the families and help find everyone? I'm pretty sure it would be hard to do so without internet. I personally think that it was a good idea to have people specialized in finding people who were seperated. It's kind of like a compensation. I feel like this would have been more effective id their were more people. What do you think?