How did reconstruction affect the north and south?

Reconstruction helped the North to modernize very quickly, unlike the South. The effects of the Industrial Revolution, a period of rapid industrialization, had resulted in factories being created in the North, where they multiplied and flourished. By contrast, the Southern economy still relied on agriculture.

How did the North End reconstruction?

By the 1870s, many northerners began to lose interest in Reconstruction for several reasons. In exchange for allowing Hayes to be President, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the south, ending Reconstruction. This agreement is known as the Compromise of 1877.

What events took place that led to the end of the Reconstruction era?

Western expansion, Indian wars, corruption at all levels of government, and the growth of industry all diverted attention from the civil rights and well-being of ex-slaves. By 1876, Radical Republican regimes had collapsed in all but two of the former Confederate states, with the Democratic Party taking over.

What started reconstruction?

The period after the Civil War, 1865 – 1877, was called the Reconstruction period. Abraham Lincoln started planning for the reconstruction of the South during the Civil War as Union soldiers occupied huge areas of the South.