There are many ways that constitutional and social developments caused a revolution. The first one is the secession of 1860, which was a constitutional development. Some other constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation, three civil rights bills, and the reconstruction. Some social developments that caused conflict were the Freedmen's Bureau, the Black Codes, and the Ku Klux Klan. One of the social developments was the Freedmen's Bureau.
The Freedmen's Bureau was supposed to give Homesteads to the freed slaves but none of the promises by the government were kept, as stated in Document E. Forty acres and a mule was to be given to the freed slaves to start their new life as being free.
The freedmen were getting very angry. In document I the picture shows that this is "worse than slavery" because of the Ku Klux Klan and the White League made it hard for them and the freedmen had no rights, these terrorist activities in the South against......

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Title: Constitutional And Social Developments
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