How did reconstruction fail in the United States?

Certified Educator. Reconstruction was the period from 1865 - 1877 where the government of the United States tried to put the country together again after the Civil War. In general, historians consider it an unsuccessful effort for several reasons. read more

In the history of the United states reconstruction refers to the period between 1861 and 1865, when efforts were made, after the civil war, to restore the relations between North and the South, to improve status of the blacks and, to restore normalcy in the country. read more

After WWII the allies realized that to help Germany and Japan overcome heir racist past and reintegrate into the world community they had to be “reconstructed” that is rebuilt as liberal democracies. read more

United States: Reconstruction and the New South, 1865–1900 The original Northern objective in the Civil War was the preservation of the Union—a war aim with which virtually everybody in the free states agreed. read more