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What were the two main reasons why Northern support for keeping federal troops in the South during Reconstruction began to fade?

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Answer: They wanted to punish the South, and to prevent the ruling class from continuing in power. They passed the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867, which divided the South into five military districts and outlined how the new governments would be designed. I think-

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