The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history and Southern United States history that followed the American Civil War (April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865) and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the abolition of slavery and the reintegration of the eleven former Confederate States into the United States.

2009年10月29日 · Reconstruction, the turbulent era following the U.S. Civil War, was an effort to reunify the divided nation, address and integrate African Americans into society by rewriting the nation's laws...

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.

From their point of view, Reconstruction was a tragic period of American history in which vengeful White Northern radicals took over the South. In order to punish the White Southerners they had just defeated in the Civil War, these Radical Republicans gave ignorant freedmen the right to vote.

The Civil War ended on the 9th of April 1865, with the Union forces achieving victory. The plan to rebuild both infrastructure and national unity via a 'reconstruction program' began soon after, as planned by President Abraham Lincoln and his fellow Republicans.

2021年2月3日 · Reconstruction is generally divided into three phases: Wartime Reconstruction, Presidential Reconstruction and Radical or Congressional Reconstruction, which ended with the Compromise of...

2024年11月4日 · 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.

2020年8月4日 · Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War was underway before the war had officially ended. On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. It gave the Confederates who swore allegiance to the United States a pardon for taking part in the war, as well as restoration of their property.

Reconstruction and Rights When the Civil War ended, leaders turned to the question of how to reconstruct the nation. One important issue was the right to vote, and the rights of black American men and former Confederate men to vote were hotly debated.

2021年12月23日 · President Abraham Lincoln was eager to end the war and quickly rebuild. After years of fighting, the southern landscape and economy had been decimated, and supports were needed for newly freed African Americans in the south. Reconstruction was first defined in 1863 and lasted until the election of President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.