They began the serious study of the era, and blamed the failures of the era on the [[corruption]] of [[Carpetbaggers]] who misled the Freedmen.
The [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s brought in a new perspective called "[[Neo-Abolistionist|Neo-AbolistionismAbolitionism]]". 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.
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