American Civil War and Reconstruction era

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The American Civil War and Reconstruction era was the mid-19th-century period in United States history marked by the Civil War (1861–1865) and the subsequent efforts to rebuild the South and redefine civil rights and federal-state relations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
country United States
endTime 1877
followedBy Gilded Age
hasPart American Civil War
Congressional Reconstruction period
Presidential Reconstruction period
Reconstruction era
Redemption era in the South
linked to: Reconstruction era
involves Confederate States of America
Democratic Party in the 19th century United States
Radical Republicans
Southern white elites
Union states
formerly enslaved African Americans
keyFigure Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Charles Sumner
Frederick Douglass
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Rutherford B. Hayes
Thaddeus Stevens
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
mainTopic civil rights in the United States
emancipation of enslaved people
preservation of the Union
redefinition of federal-state relations
secession of Southern states
slavery in the United States
precededBy Antebellum period
significantEvent Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Battle of Fort Sumter
Black Codes in the Southern United States
linked to: Black Codes

Civil Rights Act of 1866
Compromise of 1877
Emancipation Proclamation
Enforcement Acts
Freedmen's Bureau operations
Military Reconstruction in the South
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Panic of 1873
Presidential Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
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Reconstruction Acts
impeachment of Andrew Johnson
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
rise of the Ku Klux Klan
secession of South Carolina
sharecropping system in the South
startTime 1861
theme contestation over racial equality
expansion of federal power
readmission of seceded states to the Union
rebuilding of Southern infrastructure
transition from slavery to free labor

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Eliza McCardle Johnson era American Civil War and Reconstruction era
Summit Tunnel in the Sierra Nevada era American Civil War and Reconstruction era
Salmon Portland Chase participatedIn American Civil War (as U.S. Treasury Secretary)
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Bonnie Blue Butler timePeriod American Civil War and Reconstruction era (fictional setting)
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Gone with the Wind timeSpanOfNarrative American Civil War to Reconstruction
subject linked to: novel Gone with the Wind
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Mary Elizabeth Jenkins partOf American Civil War era United States society
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Half-Breed faction of the Republican Party historicalContext Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era
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Shiloh: A Requiem literaryPeriod American Civil War era
subject linked to: “Shiloh: A Requiem”
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The March into Virginia setting American Civil War era
subject linked to: “The March into Virginia”
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Anna Marie Hennen associatedWithEvent American Civil War (through her husband)
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Presidency of Grover Cleveland partOf History of the United States (1865–1918)
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Union (United States) timePeriod American Civil War era
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Fort Richmond era American Civil War era
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot settingTime American Civil War era
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Wyandotte Constitution relatedTo American Civil War era
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Little Women (television adaptations including Good Wives material) setDuring the American Civil War era
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History of Ohio coversPeriod American Civil War era
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John Merryman timePeriod American Civil War era
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Samuel S. Cox participatedIn American Civil War (as legislator)
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln depicts American Civil War era
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The Hunted settingTime American Civil War era
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