This was because of hate groups like the KKK that would intimidate people and kill people. Also it was a good first step because it may have started other civil rights movements. But ultimately it was a failure because of racist politicians and other complications such as the shutdown of the railroads and the loss in wages. Reconstruction should have succeeded so that equal rights could have been available for everybody but because of its failure it led to a long period of unfair treatment of our african american citizens. These are some of the reasons why reconstruction was a failure and how it could have succeeded if there was not such a racist presence in the south and around the country in the 1860’s. This is why reconstruction failed. This essay will be to let others know about racial inequality and why it remained a problem for so