"Reconstruction" was the word used during the War to describe the rejoining of the rebel states to the Union. It did not carry any pejorative connotation. During the so-called Reconstruction Era, 1865-77, it acquired the negative sense it has today, because of the theft and brutality of the Federal officials and their accomplices (the so-called "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags").
In recent decades such Marxist historians as Eric Foner have tried to rehabilitate the era by saying that Reconstruction failed because there was too much corruption on the part of Northern capitalists, and the radical Abolitionists quickly lost interest in their plan to destroy the South and replace the old ruling castes with Federal-backed negro governments.
"Neo-Confederate" historians occasionally answer that the corruption of the postwar years was endemic to Radical Republican rule, in North as well as South (for example the Grant Administration, the Jay Gould scandals, and the Boss Tweed ring).
The Reconstruction Era was the period of time that began after the US Civil War. The plans to reunite the USA were controversial and bitter.
The Reconstruction Era occurred right after the civil war. So the civil war caused the reconstruction era to begin.
the Reconstruction era/period 1865-1877
This time period is known as the Reconstruction Era and lasted from 1865 to 1877.
The Reconstruction Era. You're welcome.
The Reconstruction Era was the period of time that began after the US Civil War. The plans to reunite the USA were controversial and bitter.
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The Reconstruction Era occurred right after the civil war. So the civil war caused the reconstruction era to begin.
The years immediately after the US Civil War were known as the ReconstructionReconstruction
the Reconstruction era/period 1865-1877
The period after the Civil War was the Reconstruction Era. It lasted from 1865 to 1877. In this period, mainly the South rebuilt the destruction caused by the War.
The reconstruction
This time period is known as the Reconstruction Era and lasted from 1865 to 1877.
The Reconstruction Era. You're welcome.
The Reconstruction era began in 1865 and ended in 1877.
The rebuilding of the US after the Civil War was called the "Reconstruction Period".
This period is known as the Reconstruction Era. It lasted from 1865 to 1877.