rebuilding the south and reuniting the nation
Reconstruction referred mainly to the rebuilding of the South. War had devastated Southern economy and infrastructure, and the Federal government saw it their duty to "Reconstruct" the South.
Reconstruction was what the period of rebuilding the south was after the civil war.
The time following the end of the US Civil war was referred to as "Reconstruction" .
White southerners who supported Reconstruction were referred to as "Scalawags", while northerners who came south to assist were called "Carpetbaggers,", an equally derisive term inferring they carried everything they owned in a carpetbag and could move quickly. Both groups traveled the South for their own personal economic gain.
the solid republicans victory in the congressional elections of 1866
Reconstruction
Democratic.
The Solid South blocked the federal reconstruction polies and reversed new reforms. The Solid South refers to the unity if the southern states through electoral support.
Reconstruction referred mainly to the rebuilding of the South. War had devastated Southern economy and infrastructure, and the Federal government saw it their duty to "Reconstruct" the South.
They were called "carpetbaggers", which referred to the soft fabric luggage they carried, which was then in style in the North.
Democrats blocked many federal reconstruction policies, and reversed many reforms of the reconstruction legislature. This voting block was known as the Solid South.
The South rejoined the union after reconstruction.
The thirteenth through fifteenth amendments are referred to as Reconstruction Amendments. These amendments came about after the Civil War. They were designed to help reconstruct the south after the war.
The South reverted to its racist ways following Reconstruction.
Reconstruction OR "The Era of Reconstruction"
Reconstruction was what the period of rebuilding the south was after the civil war.
Reconstruction OR "The Era of Reconstruction"