Reconstruction Dbq

The North’s neglect and greediness caused the reconstruction to be a failure.The corrupt government, terrorist organizations, unfocused president, and ignorance were also part of the ending of the reconstruction. President Lincoln didn’t want the civil war he wanted to keep the nation together. When Lincoln went into office he wasn't planning on getting rid of slavery nor starting a civil war. Before the reconstruction era was the civil war. Many good things and bad things came from the civil war. The civil war was a war between the North and the South. The war for the north was to end slavery, but for the south it was about rights and liberty. It wasn’t until afterwards that Americans started to notice the good and the bad. Not as many people

understood the death toll until the war was over and some soldiers did not come home.The minimum amount that was killed was 139,914.The south was in ruins after the war, fifty Percent of the factories and homes were destroyed, burned down. Soon following the war came the reconstruction era. The reconstruction era was about fixing the nation's governments,buildings and fixing the economy’s in both the north and south. The reconstruction failed because of Northern Neglect and greediness .
The reconstruction was a failure due to the north.

The north made a compromise which was a wrong decision and was the start to something worse that was what to come. Also the corruption of the government in the north caused the reconstruction to fall apart. (Background Essay paragraph 1) “1876 was an exciting year for America” “So it is great irony of history that the election of 1876 officially crushed the american dream.” The Compromise of 1877 was a compromise that gave both sides what they assumed they wanted. (Background Essay, Paragraph 4) The Compromise was introduced because of the presidential election. The north wanted there president and the south wanted theirs. The Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes against the Democratic Candidate Samuel J. Tilden. So the north wanted to make a compromise and they wanted to give the north and the south what they wanted. The north got their president and the south got the union troops out of the south. (Background Essay Paragraph 5) When Hayes took union troops from the south he was ending the

reconstruction.
Also president wasn't worried about the falling apart reconstruction.

was worried about fixing the corrupt government. The northern government as well as the businesses and people were frauds or corrupt.(Document C) “Northern voters grew indifference to the South. Weary of the ‘Negro Question’ and ‘Sick of Carpetbag government.” The negro question is if the black men would ever be freed. The carpetbag Government were Northerners who went south to help freedmen and Reconstruction. (Hook Exercise:Reconstruction). The Panic of 1873 was a national crisis. Later Northerners turned on reconstruction.(Document C). (In the picture on Document C) It shows President Grant face in a barrel, on the barrel are rings and the rings show the illegal activity going on. (President U.S Grant) “I hope i shall get to the bottom of this.” At this moment of time Northerners have completely turned their backs on the south. They weren't focused and the south was soon going to go back as it once was if the north wasn't willing to help. Republicans in the south were getting brutally murdered and the north did nothing absolutely nothing to stop the kkk.(Document

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Neglect, Greediness and ignorance killed reconstruction. Some people may say the South killed the reconstruction because of the kkk. The kkk was a terrorist organization group and it wasn't supported by the Southern Government. (Document B) Some were lawyers, doctors,and farmers. None were government officials or at least none were recorded. But the north were just as bad as the south. (Document D) North government officials said that african americans were unfit for political parts. They were to aggressive and greedy. In the end the North Killed reconstruction.