Why Did Reconstruction Fail
Why did Reconstruction fail?
Reconstruction in the United States is historically known as the time in America, shortly after the Civil War, in which the United States attempted to readdress the inequalities, especially of slavery and many other economic, social and politically issues including the poor relationship between the North and the South of America. These problems were highly significant in America, and a variety of groups in government tried to resolve these problems, but this only led to the Civil War. Unfortunately although there were numerous new constitutions and laws introduced to tackle these issues, it could be said that reconstruction did indeed fail, and there was a variety of reasons that many historians touch upon to why reconstruction did not fulfil its purpose.
Two significant acts were passed by congress in 1867, as many more were attempted to be passed, but in reality little had changed both economically and socially in America, especially the South who suffered the loss against the North, instead the ‘reconstruction era’ ironically consisted of numerous riots and graphic violence and failure instead of making the Country a better place socially, economically and politically, most historians would agree but it is still debated on what the fundamentally reason for this was, it was quoted that
It could be said that a significant reason to why reconstruction failed was due to the strong white opposition in the South and the way that United States was constructed socially. The whites in the south simply didn’t want change and some laws that was passed wasn’t going to stop them, they already felt dominated and humiliated from the North after the Civil War and principally wanted to hold their ground. They were angry over the fact that they shared no political power in the country, and that their states were being forced to change, when majority was satisfied, therefore resulted in lashing out socially and fighting against the ‘new era of
Reconstruction in the United States is historically known as the time in America, shortly after the Civil War, in which the United States attempted to readdress the inequalities, especially of slavery and many other economic, social and politically issues including the poor relationship between the North and the South of America. These problems were highly significant in America, and a variety of groups in government tried to resolve these problems, but this only led to the Civil War. Unfortunately although there were numerous new constitutions and laws introduced to tackle these issues, it could be said that reconstruction did indeed fail, and there was a variety of reasons that many historians touch upon to why reconstruction did not fulfil its purpose.
Two significant acts were passed by congress in 1867, as many more were attempted to be passed, but in reality little had changed both economically and socially in America, especially the South who suffered the loss against the North, instead the ‘reconstruction era’ ironically consisted of numerous riots and graphic violence and failure instead of making the Country a better place socially, economically and politically, most historians would agree but it is still debated on what the fundamentally reason for this was, it was quoted that
It could be said that a significant reason to why reconstruction failed was due to the strong white opposition in the South and the way that United States was constructed socially. The whites in the south simply didn’t want change and some laws that was passed wasn’t going to stop them, they already felt dominated and humiliated from the North after the Civil War and principally wanted to hold their ground. They were angry over the fact that they shared no political power in the country, and that their states were being forced to change, when majority was satisfied, therefore resulted in lashing out socially and fighting against the ‘new era of