Reconstruction: A Splendid Failure?

I agree with Eric Foner. Reconstruction brought about the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments and gave African Americans a sense of freedom for awhile at least. I also agree that the state constitutions that were written during that time were the most democratic the South had had up to that point. Reconstruction may have had its problems, but it also brought about much needed change. I think that Eric Foner also gave the best argument. He made a great point when he said that African Americans actually had a "real measure" of political power after the Civil War. He strongly backed up his views!