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How Was Reconstruction Successful
The Reconstruction was a major event that happened after the Civil War. It helped end slavery and give rights to freedmen. They also came up with two new amendments, the 14th and the 15th amendments. Reconstruction became a struggle over the meaning of freedom, with former slaves, former slaveholders and Northerners adopting different definitions. Eventually, faced with increasing opposition by white Southerners and some Northerners, the government abandoned efforts for black equality in favor of sectional reconciliation between whites. I think the Reconstruction was not a successful because they formed the black codes. The Black Codes were created by Southern states 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had had a purpose and

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