RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Question
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Federal and State governments failed to guarantee rights to former slaves
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Unable to break the cycle of poverty
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African Americans couldn’t sustain political power
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Racism was a national, not regional problem
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Detailed explanation-1: -Abstract. Reconstruction failed in the United States because white Southerners who were opposed to it effectively used violence to undermine Black political power and force uncommitted white Southerners to their side.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the 1870s continued, support for reconstruction throughout the country began to wane. The combination of white intimidation, a significant economic depression in the South, and the Democratic Party winning control of the House of Representatives in 1874, resulted in Reconstruction beginning to fade away.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reconstruction was a success. power of the 14th and 15th Amendments. Amendments, which helped African Americans to attain full civil rights in the 20th century. Despite the loss of ground that followed Reconstruction, African Americans succeeded in carving out a measure of independence within Southern society.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reconstruction was a success in that it restored the United States as a unified nation: by 1877, all of the former Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and pledged their loyalty to the U.S. government.