Presents an analysis of the Reconstruction era, looking at how Americans on both sides of the Civil War dealt with the changes caused by the conflict and the end of slavery in the years between 1863 and 1877.
Details, in graphic form, the Reconstruction era of United States history, discussing radical Republicans, race riots, the Freedmen's Bureau, carpetbaggers, and other related topics.
Chronicles the history of the Reconstruction that took place in the South in the years after the Civil War and discusses how society was affected by the rebuilding.
After his son helps him learn to write his name, Samuel T. Blow goes to the courthouse in his Southern town to cast his ballot on the first election day ever on which African-Americans were allowed to vote.
Chronicles the presidential administrations of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant that profiles their early years, political careers, presidency during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, and legacy.
Contains a selection of primary source documents that provides insight into the period of post-Civil War reconstruction in America, discussing the problems of freed slaves, carpetbaggers, the KKK, and other topics.
