During the reconstruction era , the American government compromised with the white elite class in the southern states in to obtain their support for their policies . This once again led to the failure of the reconstruction plans . Indirectly , this instigated the black population even more to demand for equal rights . President Johnson was not sympathetic towards the congressional legislations and he vetoed some bills which intended to provide a few rights to the black population (Wood , 1975 ) The Congressional Act of...











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