Failures and Secessions of Reconstruction

Failures
· The Reconstruction was a time when the government thought that all people needed human rights even African Americans. Until this point African Americans had no rights. They were still considered less than a full person in a society that proclaimed that all of people are created equal.
· Corruption was one of the failures of the Reconstruction, since the Grant’s administration was being corrupted, greedy, and the government became very poor.

· The economy of the Reconstruction Legislatures taxed southern states, and therefore these states became badly in debt. There was also an economic downturn from the movement of equal rights.

· Violence was also a major failure in the Reconstruction, such as when white democrats used violence against federal troops to prevent freedmen from voting.

· Many blacks and white southerners remain caught in poverty because jobs are unavailable in the South, people are racist and refuse to hire a black person, and finally white southerners are poor since they have lost all of their lands.

Successes

· Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments guarantee African American the rights of citizenship, equal protection under the law, and suffrage. These amendments means that the conflicts and racism will be abolished therefore the black people will be able to gain money without any discrimination or any judgement.

· Freedmen's Bureau and other organizations help many black families obtain housing jobs and schooling. Since education will be given to uncivilized freedmen, therefore the overall education of black citizens will grow.

· The South’s economy grows and new wealth is created in the North. Since the economy in the North is growing, poverty will be less important in their therefore the industries will produce more products which will lead to a much more organized and structured society.