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- DictionaryRe·con·struc·tion/ˌrēkənˈstrəkSH(ə)n/
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- 1. the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed: "the economic reconstruction of Russia"
noun. uk / ˌriː.k ə nˈstrʌk.ʃ ə n / us / ˌriː.k ə nˈstrʌk.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. C1 [ U ] the process of building or creating something again that has been damaged or destroyed: Post-war economic reconstruction in the country must begin with the resumption of agricultural production. C2 [ C ]
noun. the act of reconstructing, rebuilding, or reassembling, or the state of being reconstructed: the gigantic task of reconstruction after a fire. something reconstructed, rebuilt, or reassembled: a reconstruction of the sequence of events leading to his death; accurate reconstructions of ancient Greek buildings.
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...
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.
Reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War, from roughly 1865 to 1877, during which attempts were made to implement full freedom and constitutional rights for African Americans following emancipation and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded.
1. [noncount] : the act or process of building something that was damaged or destroyed again. the reconstruction of the dam. 2. [noncount] : the process of putting something (such as a country) back into a good condition. the reconstruction of postwar Europe. reconstruction of the health-care system. 3.
[uncountable] the process of changing or improving the condition of something or the way it works; the process of putting something back into the state it was in before. the reconstruction of the educational system. the post-war reconstruction of Germany. a reconstruction period. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
