The Reconstruction was a success in many ways; however, it seemed to be a failure in many more ways. It was a time that continued a step forward movement to be met by a brick wall or even taken a step straight back. This period ended before the African American could have total equality; yet, did achieve quite a bit (Schultz, 2014). Two of the main reasons this happened was that the south still fought this Reconstruction to the bitter end and the north got tired of fighting a losing battle with these strong-minded men of the south. However, with this said, this time did end slavery, the first civil rights law was passed, laws were created to help the African American male to have some political gains and allowed two of these men to be elected
