Reconstruction took place after the end of the civil war, and it also was impacted by social, economic, and political. The main reason for reconstruction was to put the union back together and free the slaves once and for all. Reconstruction took three eras to be completed. The first was Lincoln, the second was Andrew Johnson, and the third was the Congressional Reconstruction. After the civil war, South cities were destroyed serious in 1865, but North …showed first 75 words of 1128 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1128 total…the impeachment of President Johnson. There were also great scandals during Grant presidency, which caused a similar effect in with the politics in the South. As a result of the corruption, the North lost interest in Reconstruction completely. Politically, the South remained the same as it had before, Democratic. The blacks did gain freedom, but they were far from equality. And the great amount of corruption during this time period marks Reconstruction as a failure.