of former slaves after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were not fully recognized. (African Americans experienced limited economic opportunity, were devoid of popular sovereignty (voting) due to the poll taxes and literacy tests. The result was the return to the status-quo in the south while the north generally ignored the discrimination which ultimately led to the restoration of white control control in the south and what would become known as 'de jure' segregation.

2 The new agricultural system of sharecropping (perpetuated the plantation system)

3.The allowance of the crop lien system (borrow money on the asset of harvest) which ironically never measured up

I think #2 makes a very strong case for arguing that the biggest failure of Reconstruction was its inability to seriously address and impact racial relations. Although Reconstruction had the potential to seriously redress the imbalance of power, what emerged did not at all meet that potential and still left rife racial inequalities that would take much longer to resolve.

The Reconstruction era of American history failed to place the southern governments and the U. S. Representatives and Senatorsfrom the South, permanently uder the hedgemony of the Republican party.

Right off of the top of my head, I can't think of any other goal that Reconstruction intended to accomplish, so only one goal, only one failure.

Well, yes I can. The War Between the States and Reconstruction were intended to destroy the plantation hegemonic social system of the South and place the South securely within the industrial hegemonic social system of the North. Success was had in this, even though the Republican party did not getpermanent control of the reigns of power. That is to say, the Democratic party evolved into more of a creature of industrialism, as the Republican party had been from the time of its creation, and, ever since, the two parties have shared power.

After the War, Freedmen were allowed to own land and black soldiers returning from the northern army, who had saved their pay for the purpose, bought farms. Other blacks also saved money and bought farms. Many farmers, though, (most black farmers and many white farmers), were tenants on former plantations.

The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution did effect a big revolution in U. S. government, but theydid not accomplishall of the purposes for which they had been intended

Historians generally agree that Reconstruction was a period of extraordinary chages for American society, politics and for the Constitution itself. Yet, very few of these changes proved lasting and economic and political interests linked with conservatism and racism managed to hamper the most revolutionary projects of the era. In the end, continuity, rather than a clear break with the ante-bellum period, prevailed. This was due to Southern resistance to change, but also to the increasing loss of interest in the North on the topic of equality.

The former slaves' major goal to achieve equality with whites was soon frustrated and equal rights between the races remained an unresolved question. Reconstruction failed to modify Southern society and redistribute wealth. Although free, former slaves continued to be exploited by whites and could not own any land which remained concentrated in white hands. Land redistribution would have been essential to change Southern society, but Congress feared that such a radical act could have been interpreted as an attack on private property.

in addition, Reconstruction could not prevent violence against African Americans and the spreading of the Ku Klux Klan throughout the South. Southern legislators often did not make major changes to the slave codes except for the replacement of the word slave with freedmen or balck.

The constitutional changes brought about by the Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen Amendments did not achieve their revolutionary potential. By the end of Reconstruction, African Americans were still subaltern to whites and did not have key civil rights such as the suffrage.

The Reconstruction era was a tumultuous time in American history. In twelve years, the US ended slavery, made the former slaves US citizens, and provided African American men over the the age of 21 with the right to vote. One of the failures of Reconstruction was allowing segregation to become legal at the local and state level. The "separate but equal" doctrine was not equal, and African Americans only had access to substandard bathrooms, restaurants, and schools. This was part of maintaining the racial status quo in the South after the war. Many local governments passed laws stating that African Americans were not free to travel and that they had to have proof of employment. If they were caught loitering or traveling freely, African Americans could be incarcerated and forced to work on chain gangs.

African Americans were also faced with local and state statutes that hurt them at the ballot box. Since there was no secret ballot, African Americans were targeted by Democrats who sought to return the racial status quo. African Americans were often hit unfairly with poll taxes and literacy tests while poor whites were treated more leniently at the voting booth.

The federal government also did little to rebuild the local economy in the South after the war. The Freedman's Bureau, which was designed to help former slaves and poor refugee whites, was never fully funded. The program did not survive the end of Reconstruction. Much of the South's infrastructure was destroyed by the war. Many poor white and black people alike turned to sharecropping, which was the genesis of generational poverty for millions. The South's poverty contributed to its racial tensions as poor white and black people competed for many of the same low-wage jobs.