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How did Congress approach Reconstruction after the Civil War?

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It wanted to penalize the South heavily for starting the war.

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Generally speaking, Congress put federal troops in the South to ensure that the most basic elements of Reconstruction were being adhered to, however many see Reconstruction as a failure due to the fact that Congress stopped enforcing it too soon--leading to the rise of Jim Crow laws. 
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