Digital History

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		Display Information Reconstruction Here you will learn about President Lincoln’s and President Johnson’s plans to readmit the Confederate states to the Union; the more stringent Congressional plan; the struggle between President Johnson and Congress, including the impeachment vote; the Reconstruction era’s contributions to civil rights; the reasons for Reconstruction’s demise; and the emergence of sharecropping. Reuniting the Union: A Chronology Birth of a Nation A New Birth of Freedom: The Day of Jubilee Emancipation in Comparative Perspective Sharecropping The Politics of Reconstruction Presidential Reconstruction Congressional Reconstruction The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson Republican Governments in the South Carpetbaggers and Scalawags Redemption The End of Reconstruction The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 The Significance of Reconstruction