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Why Did The North And South Have Ruined The Reconstruction

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The Civil War left traumatized people and many destroyed cities, which led to the Reconstruction. The Reconstruction was the process of trying to rebuild the South after the Civil War. The North and South had an interesting past in the year of 1876. The election of 1876 was a very controversial election, it was the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.In 1870, Hiram Revels was the first black senator. The North ended the Reconstruction because they were too busy to look after the South, they were racist to African Americans, and they removed soldiers from Southern states. America was well into the Reconstruction and the nation was happy. The election of 1876 ruined the dreams of over 3 million African Americans. The winner of the election of 1876 was Rutherford B. Hayes. President Hayes was a member of the Democratic party, but actually did not win the election until later. Grant, at the time of his presidency, had his nose in government fraud and not in the Reconstruction. Many people say that it is his fault that the Reconstruction died. North or South, who ruined the Reconstruction? I think that it was the North that ruined the Reconstruction. I think that it was the North because some of them did not support the reconstruction and they tried to stop it from …show more content…

The presidential election of 1876 almost ruined the Reconstruction even faster. This election was one of the most controversial elections that ever occurred. This election could have ruined America. The North was focused on protecting the government, they were too caught up in their own affairs to pay even the slightest attention to the South. This helps me answer the main question because the North was almost ruining the South without fully knowing it. They decided to pay no attention to the Southern

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