1. what did the federal government do to cause reconstruction to fail?

answer:

reconstruction failed because the federal government and the north were not willing to occupy the south for generations, that is how long it would take to change the culture and attitudes of southerners towards african americans.

explanation:

the noble might have thought that the system was far because they had lot of things and riches and the serf would have thought that the feudal system was un fair because of the way they were treated.

billygate was not one of the scandals