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According to Digital History, historians have viewed Reconstruction as a success. They attribute this to the changing race relations that occurred centuries after in economic, social and political spheres.
Reconstruction was a turbulent time as the aftermath of the Civil War left unanswered the fate of former slaves. Congress responded by passing Constitutional amendments and laws aimed to help freedmen. Although, the South saw rise to the Ku Klux Klan which preached white supremacy and eventually political help from the North diminished. In that time, citizens considered Reconstruction to be characterized by corruption and used this to justify Jim Crow policies of the 1960s.
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Reconstruction was predominantly a failure. It did not extend improvments to African Americans, and it failed to rebuild the south. Under Johnson, southern property was given back to its previous owners and the south was practically left on its own to resolve issues. Then, the south managed to enact segregation laws. Eventually more radical republicans stepped in, putting military power in the south and forced them to adhere to the 14th and 15th amendment, and well as the 13th they had to follow prior. Some successes it had was implementing the south's first state funded public schools, putting some laws against racial discrimination (though rasicm persisted), and restored the Union after the Civil War. In that time, citizens considered Reconstruction to be characterized by corruption and used this to justify Jim Crow policies of the 1960's.
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