First Reconstruction

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:endDate 1877
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Jim_Crow_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Reconstruction
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Enforcement_Acts
gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts
gptkb:13th_Amendment
gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkb:15th_Amendment
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau_Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mainEvent gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Compromise_of_1877
gptkb:Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts
gptkb:Establishment_of_the_Freedmen's_Bureau
Ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Abolition of slavery
Military occupation of the South
Reintegration of Southern states into the Union
Emergence of white supremacist groups
Rise of Black political participation
gptkbp:notableGroup gptkb:Carpetbaggers
gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkb:Scalawags
gptkb:Freedmen
Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Hiram_Revels
gptkb:Blanche_K._Bruce
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:End_of_slavery_in_the_U.S.
Rise of segregation laws
Expansion of civil rights (temporarily)
Southern resentment and backlash
Temporary Black political power
gptkbp:startDate 1865
gptkbp:theme African American suffrage
Civil rights
Federal vs. state power
Racial equality
Economic reconstruction
Political realignment
Reintegration of the South
Violence and resistance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Second_Reconstruction
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6