reconstruction
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When the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, assumed the presidency, Reconstruction ended and the era of Jim Crow soon began.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
What will a new Reconstruction and a Marshall Plan for American democracy look like?
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
Initially dismissed by many white Americans as too radical, Black Conventions during Reconstruction made the right to vote central to freedom, insisting that it was essential to their protection.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Analyst Conor O’Prey tells clients in a note that the investment from Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund is a particular vote of confidence in the telecommunications provider’s cloud services and government offering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
From his birth in 1868, Du Bois’ life bridged the years of Reconstruction and the twentieth-century movement.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing reconstruction
Chapter 18: The Reconstruction Era
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Churchill's "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" speech (1940)
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Chapter 5, Sections 1–4
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