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Reconstruction is generally divided into three phases: Wartime Reconstruction, Presidential Reconstruction and Radical or Congressional Reconstruction, which ended with the Compromise of...
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 reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans.
Early 1864: President Lincoln begins Reconstruction in the Union-occupied former Confederate state of Louisiana. Lincoln's lenient 10 percent policy upsets Radical Republicans, who expect the ...
The Reconstruction era has typically been dated from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 until the withdrawal of the final remaining federal troops stationed in the Southern United States in 1877, though a few other periodization schemes have also been proposed by historians. [6]
Reconstruction was a time of rebuilding the United States after the tumultuous years of the Civil War. It lasted from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877 when Rutherford B. Hayes was given the presidency in exchange for removing federal troops from Southern states.
A Visual Timeline of Reconstruction: 1863-1877. Emancipation Proclamation issued. Frees slaves in states in rebellion and authorizes the enlistment of black troops. The Freedmen's Bureau established.
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...
This timeline lists significant events connected to Reconstruction, the period in U.S. history from 1865 to 1877. Attempts were made during this era to redress the inequities of slavery and its legacy and to solve the problems of readmitting 11 states to the Union after the Civil War.
Reconstruction Era Timeline, CýêRC www.facinghistory.org “Colored Conventions” African Americans organize “Colored Conventions” across the South to demand the right to vote and to protest the Black Codes. December 1865 New Session of Congress President Johnson declares Reconstruction complete. As a new
Timeline: The Reconstruction Era. A tumultuous yet significant chapter in American history, the Reconstruction era brought with it radical changes in how our country governs its people--all of its people.