"Was recontrstuction after the civil war a glorious failure?"?

Question

What were the plans to reconstruct the south and what failed?

Answer 1

It depends on whose plan you're talking about.

There were those whose plan was to milk the South for as much money as they could; they were called "Carpetbaggers" by Southerners, and by and large, their plans were a great success.

Others had a plan of punishing the South without mercy, and their plans were also greatly successful for about a century.