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Reconstruction • New American History


Reconstruction • New American History - Learning Resources

The period after the Civil War, from about 1863-1877, when the federal government passed civil rights legislation and attempted to transform the Southern ...

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- ...

Reconstruction | Definition, Summary, Timeline & Facts | Britannica

The Reconstruction era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877, during which the United States grappled with the challenges of ...

History & Culture - Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (U.S. ...

The Reconstruction era (1861 to 1900), the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed ...

RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR | PBS

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself.

Reconstruction: A Timeline of the Post‑Civil War Era | HISTORY

Between 1863 and 1877, the US government undertook the task of integrating nearly four million formerly enslaved people into society.

Reconstruction Timeline | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

Early 1864: President Lincoln begins Reconstruction in the Union-occupied former Confederate state of Louisiana. Lincoln's lenient 10 percent policy upsets ...

Moment in the Sun • New American History - Learning Resources

To what extent was Reconstruction merely “a brief moment in the sun” for Black Americans? W.E.B. DuBois, Black Reconstruction in America, 1935. Image courtesy ...

35. Reconstruction - USHistory.org

Reconstruction refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of great pain and endless questions.

Reconstruction and the End of History - American Affairs Journal

The years between 1865 and 1877 form the period in American history known as Reconstruction—reconstruction, in this case, meaning the ...

American History: The Civil War and Reconstruction: Key Events ...

Reconstruction. Reconstruction refers to the period immediately after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 when several United States administrations ...

Reconstruction and Its Aftermath - The African American Odyssey

The Reconstruction implemented by Congress, which lasted from 1866 to 1877, was aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War.

What Happened After the Civil War? | The Reconstruction Era

Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. It began after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. His successor Andrew Johnson initiated what was called ...

Reconstruction (U.S. National Park Service)

Reconstruction witnessed far-reaching changes in America's political life. At the national level, new laws and constitutional amendments ...

America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War

Reconstruction, one of the most turbulent and controversial eras in American history, began during the Civil War and ended in 1877. It witnessed America's ...

Reconstruction and Its Impact | State Historical Society of Iowa

Its main focus was on bringing the southern states back into full political participation in the Union, guaranteeing rights to former slaves and defining new ...

Reconstruction: Crash Course Black American History #19 - YouTube

... Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 , 3rd. ed.. New York: The Free Press, 1992. Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution ...

Reconstruction era - Wikipedia

Dating · The Reconstruction era has typically been dated from the end of the American Civil War · The Reconstruction Era National Historical Park · The ...

Make Good the Promises | National Museum of African American ...

During Reconstruction, African Americans gained new civil and political rights, including the right to vote and hold elected office. But after 1873, the federal ...

Overview | Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 | U.S. History ...

The result was a costly and bloody civil war. Almost as many Americans were killed in the Civil War as in all the nation's other wars combined. After four years ...