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How did President Lincoln's assassination changed the reconstruction period?
How did this affect the South's integration into the Union after the Civil War?
Johnson's leniency towards former Confederates allowed them to regain power in Southern politics, often through violent means such as the formation of groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Without strong federal support for civil rights, Southern states were able to perpetuate segregation and discrimination for decades to come.