Reconstruction

The Civil War shattered the nation; during Reconstruction (1865-1877), America had to put itself back together. It was an era of experimentation and corruption, of Civil Rights and racial violence. We discuss the struggle to control the legacy of the Civil War.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:36 Wartime Reconstruction
• 7:04 Lincoln & the Radicals
• 11:22 Andrew Johnson
• 13:59 Freedmen
• 15:52 Black Codes
• 17:55 Johnson vs. The Radicals
• 19:20 Civil Rights & 14th Amendment
• 22:55 Impeachment
• 25:38 The 15th Amendment
• 28:16 Amendments Recap
• 29:56 Southern Redemption
• 32:59 Colfax Massacre
• 34:31 Supreme Court
• 37:42 Waning Commitment to Reconstruction
• 40:15 Election of 1876
• 42:12 Compromise of 1877
• 43:15 The "Redeemed" South
• 46:47 The Lost Cause
• 52:18 Conclusion