The actual process began in 1863, with the Louisiana Plan, but was only implemented after the war's end in 1865. Reconstruction ended in 1877 with the Compromise of 1877.
Congress would not follow Lincoln's "Louisiana plan" and in December, 1864 refused to acknowledge the Congressional delegations from Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. President Andrew Johnson tried to implement a plan similar to one considered by Abraham Lincoln, but Johnson effectively rescinded the confiscation of lands intended for freed slaves. The Radical Republicans established military governors to oversee mandated changes in the Southern state governments.
The southern economy was completely restored.
scalawags," "carpetbaggers," and freedmen
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No.Her"starting point"is in Plymouth, England.
The rebuilding of the US after the Civil War was called the "Reconstruction Period".
In 1870 President Hays made a deal to remove federal troops from the southern states. This changed reconstruction and allowed the south to begin the Jim Crow laws that would create segregation and discrimination for another 100 years. Had reconstruction been allowed to continue the southern states may have not developed as they did, but we will never know.
reconstruction
Southern military leaders weren't allowed to hold office during reconstruction.
USA had to go under "reconstruction" for the southern states because they were left in ruins.
The South had developed a more balanced economy after Reconstruction
The end of the US's Reconstruction Era saw the Federal government retreat from taking an interest in Southern affairs. This resulted in the white Southern leaders reestablishing the white political power structure.
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.
In 1896
1865-77 was the dates of reconstruction.
Southern white Republicans 'scalawags'
Ulysses S. Grant had the best reconstruction plan for the southern white people. The reconstruction era took place from 1865 to 1877.