Southern Reconstruction

At the end of, an idea of a New South emerged as the plan for the south to modernize through industry, in hopes of achieving success the way the North had. The New South was characterized by an increase in industrialization, urbanization and the diversification of agriculture to promote more domestic independence. However, the idea of the New South failed and post Reconstruction South remained primarily based on agriculture and retained most of its socioeconomic system. The post reconstruction situation facing African Americans was that their condition or quality of life and level of s…