The Reconstruction Era refers to the period in American history following the Civil War, from 1865 to 1877. It was a time of significant social, political, and economic change, as the United States worked to rebuild and reunite after the Civil War, and to address the issues of slavery and civil rights.
During the Reconstruction Era, the federal government enacted a series of laws and amendments aimed at ensuring the civil and political rights of African Americans. These included the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born or naturalized in the United States, and prohibited the denial of voting rights on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
However, the Reconstruction Era was also marked by conflict and violence, as white southerners resisted these changes and sought to maintain their power and influence. This resistance took the form of discriminatory laws, such as Jim Crow laws, and violent acts such as the Ku Klux Klan's campaign of terror against African Americans.
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