reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877)

Highlights important figures and events in U.S. history in the years of Reconstruction following the Civil War. Examines the issues facing the country in 1863-1877, including reunification, rebuilding and race relations.

Examines post-war struggles of Congress to readmit the south the southern states into the Union with the Reconstruction Amendments. Also looks at social and economic opposition to the citizenship of former slaves, including the Ku Klux Klan, sharecropping and black segregation.

Gawain Harper, having joined the Confederate Army to pacify his future father-in-law, returns to Cumberland, Mississippi in 1865 only to find another battle on his hands, this time with a deranged, manipulative man on a mission to bring his own brand of justice to the war torn community.

Laws and hearts slowly changed to make the American Dream a possibility for all of its citizens.

"A picture book biography of John Roy Lynch, one of the first African-Americans elected into the United States Congress"--Provided by publisher.

An overview of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, covering slavery, the Civil War and the Confederacy, and Black politics in the South.

"The news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, just days after Confederate surrender, astounded the war-weary nation. Massive crowds turned out for services and ceremonies. Countless expressions of grief and dismay were printed in newspapers and preached in sermons. Public responses to the assassination have been well chronicled, but this book is the first to delve into the personal and intimate responses of everyday people--Northerners and Southerners, soldiers and civilians, black people and white, men and women, rich and poor"--Dust jacket flap.

Presents an overview of post-Civil War America, discussing the events and challenges that marked the Reconstruction which began in 1863 and ended in 1877.