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2 days ago · United States - Reconstruction, New South, Industrialization: The original Northern objective in the Civil War was the preservation of the Union—a war aim with which virtually everybody in the free states agreed.
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3 days ago · 1865–1877. The Ordeal of Reconstruction discusses the 12-year process of trying to restore the Southern States to the Union. It was slowed by disagreements over who was in charge of Reconstruction, the integration of newly freed slaves into society, and tensions over the harsh treatment of Southerners by Radical Republicans.
2 days ago · In short, Americans engaged in a strenuous debate about the nature of freedom and equality. With the surrender of Confederate armies and the capture of Jefferson Davis in the spring of 1865, pressing questions demanded immediate answers.
3 days ago · Before Union victory in the Civil War was assured, President Abraham Lincoln and his advisors were turning their attention to “reconstruction” in the South. It would be a time for reconciling the North and South, bringing the formerly rebellious Southern governments back into their proper relation with the union, and protecting the basic ...
1 day ago · The Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and four million enslaved black people were freed. The war-torn nation then entered the Reconstruction era in an attempt to rebuild the country, bring the former Confederate states back into the United States, and grant civil rights to freed slaves.
2 days ago · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president (1860), the Southern states seceded.
3 days ago · United States - Civil War, Secession, Reconstruction: Before the Civil War the United States experienced a whole generation of nearly unremitting political crisis. Underlying the problem was the fact that America in the early 19th century had been a country, not a nation.
