Between the south and north, reconstruction ended in 1877, but why and how? Did the north or south end up stoping Reconstruction? Reconstruction refers to the time following the Civil War, where states of the once confederacy was controlled by federal government and legislation to ensure the new rights given to African Americans. Reconstructions purpose was to make the south a part of the union once more. The Souths resistances started the creation of the KKK, Ku Klux Klan, to help achieve freedom from reconstruction and the union. Reconstruction failed because the South resisted the North every time new laws were put in place and hurt many to attain what they wanted.
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