... of arguments made by Dunning historians and others with the same viewpoint, racism still remains the primary cause of Reconstruction's failure. Inherent racism in the South was much more of a driving factor in the institution's downfall than was northern involvement in southern post-Civil War government. Franklin contends that, while southerners disliked and resented the northern white carpetbaggers who were in ... played a larger role in the institution's downfall than the simple yet appallingly horrible hatred that so many white Americans felt against their Black brethren. Had racism ...

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