How Did African Americans Contribute To The Failure Of Reconstruction

After the Civil War, the South was in a state of ruin. Not only did they owe two billion dollars, but during the war the Union had engaged in Total War. This meant towns, cities, rural areas, and entire communities were destroyed or severely damaged. Since the South’s economy was based off of agriculture, they had a very tough time recovering. The North’s economy was also damaged, but since they were more business based, it was easier to recover. The US needed to rebuild its economy, but they also needed to have a way to re-integrate the Confederate states back into the Union. This led to the Reconstruction.
Some aspects of the Reconstruction were successful because it let African Americans be able to achieve many political rights. After the
The Reconstruction also improved education, and it was forced upon in the south. However, the Reconstruction also had its failures. As African Americans began to receive rights, there were people who did not like it, like the KKK. The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) was a group of people who wore white robes and caps pretended to be the ghosts of dead Confederate soldiers. The KKK did not like that African Americans were free and seen equal as whites, not slaves working on a plantation, where the KKK thought they belonged. They would do anything they could to show their hatred of African Americans, mostly through violent acts like attacking them and burning their homes. They were racists to African Americans in the south, and north also. Although the KKK is most known for their racist behavior towards African Americans, they also discriminate against carpetbaggers, scalawags, Jews, Catholics, Republicans, and homosexuals. Another failure of the Reconstruction was the raising of taxes in order to rebuild the south. The raising of taxes also led to more poverty, although not the only thing that led to poverty. With the destruction of rural areas that had farms