What are the three primary reasons Reconstruction failed to work as hoped?

The Federal government refused to offer any help for costs.
Southern whites did not want to give so much freedom to blacks.
Individuals misused money earmarked for Reconstruction efforts.
Lack of unity in government took away the focus of Reconstruction.
Southern states were too poor to manage Reconstruction programs.

It's Multiple pick so choose more than one.

B) Southern whites did not want to give so much freedom to blacks. - White Southerners were scared of giving blacks freedoms because they were scared of the competition blacks would bring into the market place. Since black citizens could now work for wages, it created more competition between poor whites and blacks in terms of getting hired for work on farms and plantations.

D) Lack of unity in government took away the focus of Reconstruction- There was a split between moderate and Radical Republicans in Congress. This split in the Republican party caused issues, as they both wanted very different things for the South during Reconstruction. Radical Republicans wanted to harshly punish Southern states and take almost complete control over them while moderate Republicans wanted Southern states to have some ability to make their own laws and government.

E) Southern states were too poor to manage Reconstruction programs.

Tundexi Tundexi · Answer 2 · 2022-01-21T14:20:07+01:00

The primary reasons why the Reconstruction failed was because:

the southern whites did not want to give so much freedom to blacks
there is lack of unity in government which took away the focus of Reconstruction
the southern states were too poor to manage Reconstruction programs.

The Reconstruction era was the period after American Civil War, when there were efforts to reintegrating the states into Union and determination of the legal status of African Americans.

The primary reasons why the Reconstruction failed was because the southern whites did not want to give so much freedom to blacks, there is lack of unity in government which took away the focus of Reconstruction and the southern states were too poor to manage Reconstruction programs.

Therefore, the Option B, D and E is correct.