The period of reconstruction came in the year of 1867 and led to the shifting of power from the democrats to the republicans.
Where the white southern democrats were out of this power in this period and the republican government came in power after black were given some power and even some African american were also elected.
Because the African american men in the south were given the right to vote in the period and there was end of slavery in this period when this power was given to African.
