Did Reconstruction successfully solve the problems caused by slavery and the Civil War?

While
Congress, as led by the Radical Republicans, sought to ameliorate the ravages wrought by the
institution of slavery and the Civil War, its legislative agenda, which included the 13th, 14th,
and 15th amendments, resulted only in exacerbating these problems. Theirprogram was far more
severe than President Lincoln's and was opposed by President Johnson (who was impeached and
almost convicted in the Senate). It resulted in a backlash from whites in the South, that in
many ways made life even worse for the newly freed slaves and gave rise to the Black Codes,
which disenfranchised blacks for almost a century.

One of the early
Reconstruction programs, the Freedman's Bureau (which was initially instituted by Lincoln), was
a well-intentioned and generous program to provide aid, including economic and medical help, to
the newly freed slaves. However under the auspices of the U.S. War Department, it quickly became
rife with corruption and was stymied by Southern legislatures as...