What Was Reconstruction?

In the same style as the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series, What Was? focuses on compelling historical events, great battles, protests, and discoveries.

Learn about a pivotal time in American history and its momentous effects on civil rights in America in this enlightening title about Reconstruction.

Reconstruction — the period after the Civil War — was meant to give newly freed Black people the same rights as white people. And indeed there were monumental changes once slavery ended — thriving new Black communities, the first Black members in Congress, and a new sense of dignity for many Black Americans. But this time of hope didn’t last long and instead, a deeply segregated United States continued on for another hundred years. Find out what went wrong in this fascinating overview of a troubled time.

Author: Sherri L. Smith, Who Hq
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 12/27/2022
Series: What Was?
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780593225936
Language: English