The problem facing government after the defeat of the Confederate States was what should be done with these states, and how can they be brought back into the union. There were plans for this reconstruction set forth by both Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln, as well as by Congress. These three sources wanted the full restoration of the United States, but faced the problem of socio-economic permanence in the South. However, they differed on many …showed first 75 words of 620 total…

…showed last 75 words of 620 total…The South was facing much corruption and unrest in politics, the white Southerners took advantage of the losing interest of the Republicans, and much violence erupted in the area. Four years of this existed, and when issues came about the winner of the election of 1876, it was ultimately decided that Rutherford Hayes would win the election in exchange for home rule to be returned in the South, and thus brought the total destruction of Reconstruction.