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After the destruction of the Civil War, the United States faced the immense challenge of rebuilding a ravaged South and incorporating millions of freed slaves into the life of the nation. On April 11, 1865, President Lincoln introduced his plan for reconstruction, warning that the coming years would be “fraught with great difficulty.” Three days later he was assassinated.
The years to come witnessed a time of complex and controversial change, including the incorporation of millions of freed people into the life of the nation, the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenthe Amendments, the reintegration of Confederate states into the Union, the resurgence of the women’s rights movement, the decimation of Native Americans with continued expansion west, the onging influx of immigrants, and the demand for equal opportunity for blacks. All this as the nation approached its Centennial.
Award-winning author Tonya Bolden examines the fascinating history of Reconstruction America in this lushly illustrated and exhaustively researched book.
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Age 12-up | 138 pages
Hardcover | Alfred A. Knopf | 2005 | ISBN: 0375827951