Fading support for Reconstruction was caused in part by

Accusations of corruption and bribery involving the Grant administration weakened public support for Reconstruction. As confidence in the federal government declined, many Northerners became less willing to keep using federal power to protect the rights of formerly enslaved people in the South. Grant’s reelection itself did not end Reconstruction, and Republicans generally supported African American voting rights.

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