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Civil War and Reconstruction. Why did Reconstruction fail to bring social and economic equality to all slaves? The policies of Reconstruction failed to bring social and economic equality to all slaves because they didnât impose enough restrictions to prevent southern governments from implementing policies, which prevented racial equality.
The reason historians use the term Reconstruction is because this was the period when the federal government restored the seceded states to the Union. This proved to be a difficult and contentious process. The federal government had to deal with three main issues: 1  How to deal with the states as they rejoined the Union.