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5.9 Reconstruction

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After the Civil War ended in 1865, the United States faced the enormous challenge of rebuilding the South and redefining freedom. Reconstruction was a time of both hope and struggle. It aimed to restore the seceded states to the Union and to determine the rights of four million newly freed African Americans.

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10 lessons

  1. 5.1Manifest DestinyPreview lesson
  2. 5.2The Mexican–American WarPreview lesson
  3. 5.3The Compromise of 1850Preview lesson
  4. 5.4Sectional Conflict: Regional DifferencesPreview lesson
  5. 5.5Failure of CompromisePreview lesson
  6. 5.6Election of 1860 and SecessionPreview lesson
  7. 5.7Military Conflict in the Civil WarPreview lesson
  8. 5.8Government Policies during the Civil WarPreview lesson
  9. 5.9ReconstructionThis lesson
  10. 5.10Failure of ReconstructionPreview lesson

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