Reconstruction should be understood as a
A) radical, vengeful program, imposing northern values on southerners.
B) program of political and economic adjustment that failed because of racism.
C) time defined by the failure to send blacks to Liberia.
D) time of presidential dominance that ended in corruption and disillusionment.

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Reconstruction was a period of political and economic adjustment following the Civil War, which ultimately failed due to persistent racism and resistance to change in the South.

Reconstruction Should Be Understood as a