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

Examines the Reconstruction period of the south at the end of the Civil War and discusses such issues as the end of the Confederacy, Lincoln's and Johnson's opposing views, the Freedman's Bureau, Lincoln's assassination and the Johnson presidency, and African Americans in the post-war decades.

"Historical fiction based on journals and correspondence of William Stone, Union veteran and head of the Freedmen's Bureau in Aiken, South Carolina, during Reconstruction. Major Stone's story involves violence, prejudice, politics, compassion, justice, and romance. The Ku Klux Klan, freed blacks, Edgefield plantation owners, and Quaker educators all play roles"--Provided by publisher.

Draws on a wide range of documents to offer a new interpretation of the Emancipation and Reconstruction years and the lasting impact they had on the nation's history.

Discusses the struggles and achievements of African-Americans as they struggled to construct a strong economic base--by establishing banks and businesses and working toward ownership of land--after the abolition of slavery, and examines the racial violence and other challenges they endured while instituting their own schools and getting established in the political processes of the United States.

Cullen Baker returns to Texas after the Civil War, only to realize that he must fight a gang of thieves determined to run him off his land.

Twelve primary and secondary sources debate issues regarding Reconstruction, such as whether the South should have been treated as conquered territory, whether the Freedmen's Bureau was harmful, and whether Reconstruction as a whole was a failure.

In 1870, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-year-old Sugar has always lived, including her friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China.

Text and accompanying photographs examine the period of struggle to fulfill the promise of freedom after the devastation of the Civil War.

Describes the time following the Civil War, where the war-torn South had to be rebuilt, and Americans, including 4 million former slaves, had to make peace with one another.

Features the debates that surrounded America's Reconstruction period following the Civil War.