Read more about the article Topic Three: Social and Political Development in the South in the Period of the Reconstruction Programme
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Topic Three: Social and Political Development in the South in the Period of the Reconstruction Programme

The reconstruction programme that was inaugurated at the end of the civil war had far-reaching implications for both blacks and whites. In the south, there developed two groups, which were…

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Read more about the article Topic Two: The Era of Reconstruction 1865 – 1877
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Topic Two: The Era of Reconstruction 1865 – 1877

There were two conflicting reconstruction programmes after the American civil war. These were: (1). The Presidential Conservative or Lincoln Reconstruction Programme and (2). The Radical or Congressional Reconstruction Programme. The…

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Read more about the article Topic One: The Aftermath of the American Civil War
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Topic One: The Aftermath of the American Civil War

The American civil war, which period commences with the official ending in 1865, amounted to a cessation of hostilities on the battlefield. Nevertheless, the civil war had injected powerful mechanisms…

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