Reconstruction The South Essay

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Who do you think was the one to end reconstruction. The south because they did not want blacks to have the same right as black people. Or the north for pushing for many rights for the African Americans? Who was the one to end reconstruction the south or the north, what do you think? In the history of the United States the term reconstruction has two meanings. The first one is the history of the country from 1865 to 1877 then the Civil War was the second one is the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877 as directed by Congress with the reconstruction of state and society.Who Killed Reconstruction the north or the south? The south killed reconstruction because The south did not want anything to do with African Americans if they let them have rights reconstruction would not have ended.The south did not want African Americans to be free but the north wanted the blacks to be free.The south also did not want the african americans have the right to vote because the south thought that the African Americans were not important. The problem was that the north did not like how the south thought about African Americans.The south should have had let the African Americans have rights because eventually the African Americans would get their rights. Also if the south did that there would not be a civil war. Both southern resistance and northern neglect contributed to the death of reconstruction. However southern resistance was the greater problem. The lesser problem was the right of the African Americans to vote the south did not like it but it was the least of their problems that the south had going on. Although it was not the main reason reconstruction ended, The right for voting for African Americans was stil... ... middle of paper ... ...ne to war. The second reason is that the south did not think that african americans were not equal to the white men. The problem was that the north thought that the African Americans should have the same or equal rights as the white men. The north thought that everyone was created equal.So if the south let the African Americans have equal rights as white men the north would not be mad at the south and the two would not have gone to war.The third reason why the south killed reconstruction is because the south would not budge for any compromise from the north and only made things work for them selfs.The north was very fair in doing things but the thing was that the south was not willing to do anything because the south was being a big baby and didnt want to do anything the south wanted what they wanted and only wanted it their way and no body else’s way.

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