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They began the serious study of the era, and blamed the failures of the era on the [[corruption]] of [[Carpetbaggers]] who misled the Freedmen and not [[Klan]] violence against carpetbaggers.

They began the serious study of the era, and blamed the failures of the era on the [[corruption]] of [[Carpetbaggers]] who misled the Freedmen and not [[Klan]] violence against carpetbaggers.

The [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s  brought in a new perspective called "[[Neo-Abolistionist|neoabolitionism]]". It used the same facts but stressed the agency of the [[African American|blacks]] and downplayed corruption.  Some of the new [[liberal]] historians ridiculed the biases of the Dunning School without realizing that their own biases were even stronger.  The study attempted to blame Republicans and exonerate Democrats while maintaining the Democrat terrorist wing, the Ku Klux Klan, acted benignly.

The [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s  brought in a new perspective called "[[Neo-Abolistionist|neoabolitionism]]". It used the same facts but stressed the agency of the [[African American|blacks]] and downplayed corruption.  Some of the new [[liberal]] historians ridiculed the biases of the Dunning School without realizing that their own biases were even stronger.  The study attempted to blame Republicans and exonerate Democrats while maintaining the Democrat terrorist wing, the Ku Klux Klan, acted benignly.