Historical Sources on Reconstruction (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781502640840)

During the Reconstruction era, the United States attempted to rebuild itself after the end of both slavery and the Civil War. Despite some successes by Congress to secure the rights for newly freed African Americans through civil rights acts and constitutional amendments, racial conflicts plagued the South. Northerners believed the only way to resolve this was to leave the Southerners to manage their own affairs. In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew federal troops from the South, officially ending Reconstruction. The consequences of this, however, would echo throughout U.S. history, ushering in decades of Jim Crow laws and segregation. In this book, students will read primary-source materials from presidents, congressmen, white Northerners and Southerners, and African Americans. These accounts offer students the opportunity to get a full picture of the Reconstruction era in America.

Author: Chet'la Sebree, Adriane Ruggiero
ISBN-10: 1502640848
ISBN-13: 9781502640840
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2019
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d