Reconstruction Period: Overview The Reconstruction period in America began at the conclusion of the American Civil War in April of 1865. President Abraham Lincoln began contemplating the circumstances of Reconstruction prior to the ultimate Union victory against the Confederacy. The main purpose of the ...
THE TREATMENT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD IN UNITED STATES HISTORY AS REFLECTED IN SELECTED AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEXTBOOKS: 1890-1983 (REANALYZE)Morgan, David Earl
The Reconstruction Era was the period in American history immediately following the American Civil War. During this period, the country was focused on transforming its society and establishing new structures between the federal government and the individual states....
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
Southern Black people won election to southern state governments andeven to the U.S. Congressduring this period. Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South’s first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public ...
the fate of freedmen was also hanging in the balance. President Lincoln and the Republicans in Washington knew that the abolition of slavery and the safeguarding of rights for members of the African American community were also required elements. The Reconstruction period would play out under the ...
Reconstruction (1865-1877) is the era in American History directly after the American Civil War (1861-1865). This era was marked by intensive racism, as the South attempted to rid the region of Union military forces that were sent into military districts to protect African American voting ...
historycultureliteratureEven after more than 140 years the American Civil War continues to serve as a major source of inspiration for a plethora of literature in various genres. While only amounting to a brief period in American history in terms of years, this war has proved to be one of ...
The period in American history that came directly after the Civil War was called theReconstruction. It gets its name from the fact that the North tried to remake the South in a way that would integrate newly-freed slaves into American society. One way that they tried to do this was t...
The period between Reconstruction and World War I was a time of tremendous social, economic, and cultural change in the United States. The end of the Civil War, the shrinking of the frontier, the rise of immigration, and the rapid growth of industry that characterized this time period brought...