The Meaning of ReconstructionAmerica has gone through many difficulties and struggles since it came together as a nation involving war and changes in the system policy. Many highly regarded American leaders came to bring their own ideas and foundations to provide a better life for "Americans", but no other war or political change is more infamous than the Civil War and Reconstruction. Reconstruction began in 1865 and ended in 1877 and remains to this day one of the most debated questions in American history over whether Reconstruction was a failure or a success as well as a struggle on memory, the meaning and the end of the war. According to “Major Problems in American History,” David W. Blight of Yale University and Steven Hahn of the University of Pennsylvania take different positions on the meaning of Reconstruction and the causes of its demise. David W. Blight argues that Reconstruction was a conflict between two uniquely meaningful, but incompatible, goals that “competed” for attention to both reconciliation and emancipation. On the other hand, Steven Hahn argues that former slaves and Confederates were willing and ready to fight for what they believed to be "a reflection of a long tradition of violence in the South that had previously supported slavery" . Hahn also believes that Reconstruction ended when the North grew tired of slavery. 16 years of conflict for freedom. Although many people are unsure, Hahn's arguments have a more favorable appeal compared to his argument opposing Blight. The inevitable end of Reconstruction was the withdrawal of federal troops from the South by the North, allowing white rule to reign again and proving that time travel existed as freed Africans in the South once again saw their civilian positions , politically and economically oppressed.... In the middle of the document ...... rights for African Americans as well as political rights for the people, his goal was to abolish slavery and believed that "all men created equally” should respect it for everyone, at least for all those who were men. . Johnson, the president, initially showed loyalty to his radicals by reprimanding the confederacy ensuring that its actions would have repercussions. Additionally, his amnesty plan to reintegrate the Southern states was far more severe than Lincoln's. Johnson's sanctions deprived officers of the confederacy, people in high power, and anyone with valuable assets from being subject to forfeiture. The goal was to shift political power in the South and reward it in the hands of freed black and white southerners who remained neutral during the war. Hahn states in his article that "during Reconstruction, black men held political office in every state of the Old Confederacy ».”