Compare and contrast the factors that ended Reconstruction. Was there one main factor that all could agree on? What was the outcome? Was it a success or failure?
Answer:
An ideal answer will:
1. Discuss resistance in the South, including organizations, local governments, state governments, and others working against Reconstruction. Describe the various forms of resistance.
2. Discuss the fading interest in enforcing the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments in the South by the North or by Federal Government.
3. Discuss the new focus of the Radical Republicans.
4. Discuss Jim Crow laws and how they took away the rights of African-Americans in the South without violating the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
5 Discuss the Supreme Court cases and ruling that opened the door for Jim Crow segregation.
6. Provide a concise and effective conclusion.
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