![]() ![]() ![]() This ushered in a series of civil rights acts and constitutional conventions that sought to extend and protect the rights of blacks in the South in the years after the war. "Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877" is a historical account of the years following the Civil War, known as the Reconstruction Era, and how the political, economic, and social environments were changed in both the North and South during this period.Įric Foner defines Reconstruction as beginning Januor the day that President Abraham signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which indicated the position of the federal government under the Republican party that it had the national authority to emancipate the slaves in the South. ![]()
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