Reconstruction Era (jan 1, 1865 – jan 1, 1877)
Description:
[1865 - 1877]context: rebuilding the south after the civil war
cause: needed to reintegrate states, rebuild economy, and define the rights of freedmen
effect: Black civil rights briefly improved, but ended with the rise of Jim Crow laws
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Date:
jan 1, 1865
jan 1, 1877
~ 12 years