The Reconstruction Era and Its Failures

<Tab/>The Civil War had ended in 1865 with the victor being the Northern Army. The Southern Army, the Confederates, not only lost the war, but also sustained a great amount of damage to their land. And now that the Confederates had been defeated, this meant that slavery was abolished. The period known as the Reconstruction Era began soon after the war had ended and was to continue until 1877. During this period, the South had to reassess itself and rebuild itself from the ground up. "This was a time of political, social and economic rebuilding in the South." (BizSuite W…