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Mar 27, 2024 · Reconstruction, the period (1865–77) after the American Civil War during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded.
The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the former Confederate States of America into the United States.
Oct 29, 2009 · Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.
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- Reconstruction After the Civil War. As a Union victory became more of certainty, America’s struggle with Reconstruction began before the end of the Civil War.
- Presidential Reconstruction. Taking office in April 1865, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson ushered in a two-year-long period known as Presidential Reconstruction.
- Radical Republicans. Arising around 1854, before the Civil War, the Radical Republicans were a faction within the Republican Party who demanded the immediate, complete and permanent eradication of slavery.
- Civil Rights Bill of 1866 and Freedmen’s Bureau. Enacted by Congress on April 9, 1866, over President Johnson’s veto, the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 became America’s first civil rights legislation.
Feb 3, 2021 · Home. Topics. Civil War. Reconstruction: A Timeline of the Post-Civil War Era. For a 14-year period, the U.S. government took steps to try and integrate the nation's newly freed...
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America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner. As the United States entered the 20th century, Reconstruction slowly receded into popular memory. Historians began to debate its results. William Dunning and John W. Burgess led the first group to offer a coherent and structured argument.
