Causes Of The Reconstruction Era

The Reconstruction Era was a period from 1863-1877 in which America went through three phases of reconstruction after the Civil War. In the early 1860’s the Civil War between the Union and Confederate, the war’s main cause were economic and racial reasons. After the end of the war, the reconstruction and unifying of the country started. During reconstruction there was a Presidential and Congressional reconstruction followed by a redemption period. The presidential reconstruction was the transition from President Abraham Lincoln, who was a moderate republican, to President Andrew Jackson, who was a democrat from Tennessee, both presidents are responsible for two of the three major amendments for the civil rights of African Americans. Following