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How Did The South Destroy Reconstruction
The Reconstruction Era had caused many problems among the black people, the south, and the North (The Union). During this Reconstruction Era the South had found any possible loopholes that they could use to take black people’s rights away such as needing to do a literature test before voting, and used their power to scare and threaten black people into doing what they had wanted. To what length did the south destroy Reconstruction? The south had killed Reconstruction by using any and all loopholes they found, and abused power knowing they wouldn’t have consequences.

During the Reconstruction Era there were many ways that the South had managed to destroy Reconstruction. During the time of Reconstruction, the South had not accepted that the

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