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This is the first 1,000 characters of 507 words (2.03 pages) in the essay titled Reconstruction The reconstruction of the south was the period during and after the Civil War where several different groups in the government tried to solve the economic, political, and social problems that arose as a result of the Civil War. It was a time of disorder and chaos. Southern whites rejected all forms of equality and blacks wanted nothing but full freedom and land of their own. This led to frequent and inevitable riots. Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877 and was one of the most controversial periods in the nation shistory. People still debate its successes and failures. Many people blames Reconstruction failure on black politics, calling it Negro government. Even some newspapers that were in favor of Reconstruction blamed the black legislatures. Foner wrote, Ironically, even as racism waned as an explicit component of the Northern Democratic appeal, it gained a hold on respectable Republican opinion, as a convenient explanation for Reconstruction s failure. Black politicians could have been the demise of Reconstruction. Another cause of Reconstruction could have been the Court s intervention. Foner stated, Previously, the Court had proved reluctant to intervene in Reconstruction controversies. The Compromise of 1877 between the Republicans and Democrats, occurring in January of that year, was the solution to the contested Presidential election of 1876 and furthermore brought an end to the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War. The banks c... |
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Keywords: reconstruction of the south, compromise of 1877, election of 1876, black politicians, ironically, failure, freedman, civil war, sharecroppers, presidential election of 1876, controversial periods, black politics, disorder and chaos, dropped prices, full freedom, southern whites, legislatures, controversies, riots