Reconstruction
The reconstruction after the Civil War lasted until about 1877. Many people suffered during this period of time. Property damage was done to farms, factories and railroads. During this time the economy was weakened because of the pillaging. Some economic hardships included destruction of the credit system and worthlessness of the Confederate money. The political, social, and economic conditions after the Civil War defined the goals of the First Reconstruction. At this time the Congress was divided politically on issues that grew out of the Civil War: Black equality, rebuilding the South, readmitting Southern states to Union, and deciding who would control government.In the South, Reconstruction meant rebuilding the economy, establishing new state and local governments and a new social structure between whites and blacks. During the war Lincoln had expanded his presidency. With his power he hoped to set up loyal governments in the Southern states that were under Union control. Lincoln appointed new temporary governors and instructed each to call a convention to create a new state government. He did this as soon as a group of the state's citizen totaling 10 percent of the voters in the 1860 presidential e
Du Bois ,W.E.B. (New York: Bantam Books, 1989). Souls of black folk p.28. Americans. pp. 148, 159-161,182-183, 222-223, 299. Eric Foner, (New York: Harper and Row, 1988). Reconstruction: America's unfinished revolution. pp.228, 229-231.
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