The Reconstruction Era The Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in American history. Its damage to America was profound. It tore at the very fiber of America itself. The Reconstruction Era however was as damaging to America as the Civil War itself. Its damage has its roots in the reasons America went to civil war. In the time leading up to the Civil War the south was unhappy so they decided to leave …showed first 75 words of 808 total…

…showed last 75 words of 808 total…when in fact it never really recovered form the Civil War. Only recently has the South begun making major leaps and bounds in their economy. The southern politics should have changed too, but never really did because of the fact that the same people came to power soon after the war. And as a result of the same people being in power in politics, society never changed either. As a result Reconstruction never really happened.