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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.
â James M. McPherson. The principal cause of Confederate failure was the fact that the Southâs armies did not win enough victories in the field â especially enough victories in a row in the field â to both sustain Confederate morale behind the lines and depress Union morale behind the lines.