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Reconstruction was both a success and a failure, success in that it restored the U.S as a unified nation, the break-up of the plantation system and the redistribution of land and public system and the passing 14th and 15th Amendments, failure in that Radical Republican governments were unable or unwilling to enact land reform or provide former slaves with the economic resources needed to break the cycle of poverty, Racial Bias was a national problem, and the supreme court even undermined the established 14th and 15th amendments power.

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Reconstruction was a success until it failed. It introduced a lot of good things and progress for African Americans however once it stopped being enforced it was not taken seriously and it failed.

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reconstruction was a success and a failure because while they were still freed they still coudnt vote and didnt have the same rights

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Reconstruction was a bit of both because in some cases the amendments did establish political equality for Americans of any race but because of the election this was all ruined which is why reconstruction is also a fail.

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I think Reconstruction was a failure because there was a moment that they had freedom and then they had black codes and people were still getting beat and punished

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I believe Reconstruction was a failure because even then there was still racism going on and they kept changing their laws.

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Reconstruction went both ways, good and bad, but I believe reconstruction was more of a failure because it never stopped white people to discriminate African Americans, and most of all when the Jim Crow laws were created everything just began to fail. African Americans also had to take a literacy test to vote in some states which wasn't fair because the 15th amendment was for everyone born in the U.S to be able to vote. So overall the reconstruction was sadly more of a failure.

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reconstruction was both because federal and state because black people were free but they still couldn't do what white people can do and they couldn't vote like even if they were citizen .

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I think reconstruction was a bit of both because when it first started it was very successful but after it started it failed because the new president made a deal to remove all the troops from the south.

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Reconstruction was a success and a fail because there was still racism going on and they were still changing laws. It was a success because enslaved people got the amendments.

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reconstruction was both a success and failure because yes black people were free but still not able to have the same rights as white people. white people realized once black people started to educate themselves they were a threat to white people.

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Abraham.C I think Reconstruction was a failure overall because everything started going downhill when Jim crow laws were made.  These laws were very abusive with colored citizens, These laws were made to follow segregation . Racism still played a big part during reconstruction because white citizens would still torture and abuse colored citizens because they didn't believe that they deserved freedom.

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Abraham.C I think Reconstruction was a failure overall because everything started going downhill when Jim crow laws were made.  These laws were very abusive with colored citizens, These laws were made to follow segregation . Racism still played a big part during reconstruction because white citizens would still torture and abuse colored citizens because they didn't believe that they deserved freedom.

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reconstruction were success and failure at the same time because there were still some stuff that is unfair and lot of stuff was coming to be better than it was at the beginning.

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I think Reconstruction was a failure and a success. It was a failure because there was racism still going on and they kept changing the laws. It was a success because African American people got the amendments and were able to do things that they couldn't do.

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Reconstruction was a bit of both because it started well then failed because of a compromise. The success was that some slaves started getting their voice heard. The failure was that some white Southerners started coming up with bad laws.

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Reconstruction was a success in that it restored the United States as a unified nation: by 1877 all of the former Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

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I believe Reconstruction was a failure overall just because racism was still a thing the whole time. They kept changing the laws and it was unfair to African Americans. It also had a lot of violence due to the laws they kept changing. It would have been fair if they just kept it to one thing but the elections and the point of view affect it. But overall they just didn't care as much.

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Reconstruction was a success until it failed. It introduced a lot of good things and progress for African Americans. However once it stopped being enforced, it was not taken seriously, and it failed.

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I think Reconstruction was a failure and success at the same time. I say this because there was still racism going on even after the civil war ended. The success was that some slaves started getting their voice heard. The failure was that more white confederate started coming up with bad laws.

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Reconstruction was both because in that it restored the United States but also it was a failure to stop violence and protect the political gains of reconstruction.

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I think Reconstruction was overall a failure because It just didn´t work. Jim crow laws became a thing and made things worse and in most parts of the south racism was still common so yes the intent was to make things better but in the end it didnt work.

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reconstruction is both because Federal and state governments failed to
secure the rights guaranteed to former slaves
by constitutional amendments. Reconstruction was an attempt to create a
social and political revolution despite
economic collapse and the opposition of
much of the white South. Under these
conditions, its accomplishments were
extraordinar

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I think Reconstruction was a ***** because....