Question

1. why did reconstruction end, and what changed in the south afterward?

Explanation:

Reconstruction ended due to multiple factors: political compromises (like the Compromise of 1877, where Republicans agreed to remove federal troops from the South in exchange for the presidency), Southern resistance (through violence by groups like the Ku Klux Klan and political tactics to undermine Reconstruction), and Northern fatigue (loss of interest in enforcing Reconstruction policies). After Reconstruction, the South saw the rise of Jim Crow laws (enforcing racial segregation), the establishment of sharecropping systems (keeping African Americans in economic dependency), and the reassertion of white Democratic control, reversing many Reconstruction - era gains in civil rights for African Americans.

Answer:

Reconstruction ended due to political compromises (e.g., Compromise of 1877), Southern resistance (e.g., KKK violence, political tactics), and Northern fatigue. Afterward, Jim Crow laws enforced segregation, sharecropping kept African Americans economically dependent, and white Democratic control was reasserted, reversing many civil rights gains.