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What are three factors that contributed to the abandonment of U.S. Reconstruction?

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The Reconstruction period occurred between 1865 and 1877 after the end of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It is during this time period that the American nation struggled to rebuild their economic, social and political structures. The Reconstruction period failed for diverse reasons. Three of these reasons included:

1) Reconstruction failed to alter the South's social structure or its distribution of wealth and power which disadvantaged ...

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