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More like shitbags shouldn't have sabotaged reconstruction efforts. The southern US would be a lot different today if reconstruction was properly done but we seem to have a fondness for fucking up a place and then making a halfhearted effort to 'fix' it.
gpt
You can thank the old system of having your Vice President be on the opposite end of the political spectrum for that. Back in the old days the Vp was whoever lost. It slowly transitioned to a more “moderate” version of the president to appease some people who don’t quote like your whole
Platform. Johnson was a southern sympathizer and the moment Lincoln died did everything he could to sabotage reconstruction. I’m sure grant did his best after Johnson left but not much could be done