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Was Radical Reconstruction A Success Or Failure

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Radical Reconstruction took place in 1865, and ended in 1877. Reconstruction started when Abraham Lincoln became president in 1861. When Lincoln was elected president, he put our country to war the north against the south to abolish slavery. This war was the Civil War. The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865. This war freed over four million slaves and gave black men the freedom that they deserved. When the war was over President Lincoln established reconstruction to repair the damage that was done to the eleven states in the south. Reconstruction had many failures, reconstruction cost a lot of money so Lincoln had to raise taxes to afford the proper supplies to repair the south. Another one of its failures was during reconstruction the United
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