African nations' raw materials and workforce served as fuel to imperialist countries. It helped them attain richness and development they have today. This situation did not help African nations but only made their country stagnant. The Africans spent their hundreds of years to servitude to make imperialists prosper.
Economic problems began to sap at the North’s effort for an
effective reconstruction. Even public support
for reconstruction starts to decline. At
this point, Southerners call for an end to the Reconstruction. Though support was now declining, Congress
was still able to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as part of its efforts to implement
the terms of the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Generally speaking, industrialization greatly reduced social inequality by creating a "middle class" of people, who were able to significantly increase their incomes due to the large number of jobs available in factories.
