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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2
Post-Civil War America was a new world.
Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 1
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change. The twelve years that composed the post-war Reconstruction era (1865-77) witnessed a seismic shift in the meaning and makeup of our democracy.
Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 1
Reconstruction| America After The Civil War Episode 1 | 55m 53s | CC
The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating . . . and terrifying. African Americans had played a crucial role in saving the Union and now, as the country grappled with the terms and implications of Reconstruction, they struggled to breathe life into their hard-won freedom. The result was a second American Revolution.
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