Is it true that the South won the Reconstruction after the Civil War had been won by the North?

Answer 1

I agree with the earlier answer. After the Civil War, the South needed to be rebuilt (politically, economically, etc.). The U.S. Government and the President needed southern support for more than just reconstruction. After just a few years, the federal government conceded much to the South including eliminating the Freeman's program and providing autonomy back to the South which immediately looked the other way at lynchings and writing segregation laws, which the Supreme Court backed up (legalizing separate but equal). The K.K.K. terrorized blacks and labor practices were very close to legal slavery.

However, you must understand that although the South had legal segregation, the North had de facto segregation that were implemented in such ways as red-lining communities so that homes in white neighborhoods would not be sold to blacks; educational segregation such that blacks received inferior education; and, through biased hiring practices.

Blacks probably had economic advantages to living in the North, but they were held back socially in the North through polite liberals who spoke one way but acted discretely in another.

But, yes, the South won back a lot after the war.

Answer 2

Who Won Reconstruction

Answer 3

The north won but to get the south to join the union they let the south pass laws that basically made slavery look legal.

Answer 4

Reconstruction isn't something you win. It is the rebuilding of the ravaged area after the war is over. Reconstruction is supposed to be what we are doing in Iraq.

Answer 5

No... the Yankee Carpet Baggers saw to that.

Answer 6

Why does it matter now?

Whats over is over.