Reconstruction proved to be a mixed bag for Southerners. ... On the negative side, however, Reconstruction led to great resentment and even violence among Southerners. Terrorist organizations, like the Ku Klux Klan, struck fear into the hearts of African Americans and anyone who cooperated with the Republican governments.
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It didn't collapse until 1453, when it was defeated by the Ottoman Turks