- Reconstruction era - Wikipedia
The Reconstruction era was a period in US history that followed the American Civil War (1861–1865) and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the abolition of slavery and reintegration of the former Confederate States into the United States
- Reconstruction | Definition, Summary, Timeline Facts | Britannica
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
- Reconstruction - Civil War End, Changes Act of 1867 | HISTORY
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
- What was the Reconstruction Era and what challenges did it address . . .
The Reconstruction era followed the American Civil War and dealt with the reintegration of the eleven former Confederate states into the Union It also addressed the legal, social, and political challenges posed by the abolition of slavery and securing civil rights for newly freed African Americans
- Reconstruction: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress
The Reconstruction era is commonly dated from 1865 to 1877, a tumultuous period in American history after the Civil War that ended with the withdrawal of federal troops from the southern states in 1877
- Reconstruction - U. S. National Park Service
Reconstruction (1865-1877), the period that followed the American Civil War, is perhaps the most controversial era in American history
- Reconstruction | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
In the twelve years after the Civil War—the era of Reconstruction—there were massive changes in American culture, economy, and politics These were the years of the "Old West," of cowboys, Indians, and buffalo hunts, of cattle drives, railroads, and ranches
- Reconstruction - Teaching American History
The long-term effects of Reconstruction – or its failure – are evident in Senator Tillman’s speech from 1900 He defended the system of segregation developed in the South after Reconstruction (including lynching); segregation was not challenged until the 1950s and 1960s
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