iCivics and George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum are announcing Constitutional Compromise, an online game that teaches kids about the making of the U.S. Constitution. It’s a game about the civility ...
The Reconstruction era, often simply called Reconstruction, was a period in United States 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 federal control over, and reintegration of, the former Confederate States into the United 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 the 11 states that had seceded.
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 ...
Reconstruction - Civil War End, Changes & Act of 1867 | HISTORY
The Reconstruction era was the period of American history immediately following the Civil War, lasting from 1865 to 1877. This guide provides access to digital materials at the Library of Congress, links to external websites, and a print bibliography.
Reconstruction refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of great pain and endless questions. On what terms would the Confederacy be allowed back into the Union? Who would establish the terms, Congress or the President? What was to be the place of freed blacks in the South? Did Abolition mean that black men would now enjoy the same status as ...