What Was Reconstruction? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780593225936)

In the same style as the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series, What Was? focuses on compelling historical events, great battles, protests, and discoveries.

Learn about a pivotal time in American history and its momentous effects on civil rights in America in this enlightening title about Reconstruction.

Reconstruction -- the period after the Civil War -- was meant to give newly freed Black people the same rights as white people. And indeed there were monumental changes once slavery ended -- thriving new Black communities, the first Black members in Congress, and a new sense of dignity for many Black Americans. But this time of hope didn't last long and instead, a deeply segregated United States continued on for another hundred years. Find out what went wrong in this fascinating overview of a troubled time.

Author: Sherri L. Smith, Who Hq
ISBN-10: 0593225937
ISBN-13: 9780593225936
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Language: English
Published: 12/27/2022
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.40w x 0.30d