HISTORY

How do you account for the failure of Reconstruction (1865 - 1877) to bring social and economic equality of opportunity to the former slaves?

How do you account for the failure of Reconstruction (1865 - 1877) to bring social and economic equality of opportunity to the former slaves?

There has been plenty of discussion on what the civil war has given to Americans, and how it has helped Americans in becoming one of the modern forces. However, the main causes and effects of the civil war are still quite unclear. One school of thought terms the civil war as a bitter ...