Why did Northerners lose interest in Reconstruction in the 1870s? The Northerners lost interest because they felt it was time for the South to solve their own problems by themselves. There was still racial prejudice, and they were tired, so they just gave up.

The Radical Republicans Take Control They now had the power to override Johnson’s vetoes and pass the Civil Rights Act and the bill to extend the Freedmen’s Bureau, and they did so immediately. Congress had now taken charge of the South’s reconstruction.

How did Radical Republicans take control of Reconstruction? By helping African Americans get rights and education and voting against Johnson. To what voters did Grant appeal in the Presidential election of 1868? Northern Voters because he supported the congressional Reconstruction plan.

The essential reason for the growing opposition to Reconstruction, however, was the fact that most Southern whites could not accept the idea of African Americans voting and holding office, or the egalitarian policies adopted by the new governments.

Which of the following best describes why Northerners lost interest in the Reconstruction in the 1870’s? They had their own economic problems and were tired sending troops to the South to enforce the purpose of the Reconstruction.

Why did northern support for reconstruction begin to fade? Cost of military operations in the south worried many northerners, the Freedman’s Bureau dissolved, and Sumner’s death left the white reformers without leaders.

Compromise of 1877: The End of Reconstruction The Compromise of 1876 effectively ended the Reconstruction era. Southern Democrats’ promises to protect civil and political rights of blacks were not kept, and the end of federal interference in southern affairs led to widespread disenfranchisement of blacks voters.

However the Congress’ Reconstruction efforts to ensure equal rights to the freedmen failed because of the constant effort of suppression of the freedman(1,2,4), African Americans limited knowledge of the world outside slavery (6,7), and the shortage of political right activists(3,5,8.)

The state legislatures also began to pass laws limiting the freedom of the former slaves. These laws mirrored those of colonial times, which placed severe restrictions on both slaves and emancipated blacks. Neither of these groups could vote, serve on juries, travel freely, or work in occupations of their choice.

The South, however, was not as eager. In fact, the South wanted an end to all Reconstruction effort. The South killed Reconstruction because of their lack of interest in equal rights, their violence towards the North and blacks, and the North’s growing absence of sympathy towards blacks.

Why did the freedmen petition the United States Congress instead of working through their state government? The freedmen believed in was the United States Congress’s fault for letting these acts of violence happen.

The Freedmen’s Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance. It also attempted to settle former slaves on land confiscated or abandoned during the war.

Immediately after the Civil War, they sought to give meaning to freedom by reuniting families separated under slavery, establishing their own churches and schools, seeking economic autonomy, and demanding equal civil and political rights.

Family, church, and school became centers of black life after slavery. With slavery’s end, black women often preferred to be homemakers, though poverty pushed many back into the workforce.

Northern benevolent societies, the Freedmen’s Bureau, and, after 1868, state governments, provided most of the funding for black education, but the initiative often lay with blacks themselves, who purchased land, constructed buildings, and raised money to hire teachers.