Reconstruction Period
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- noun
- /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃən ˈpɪriəd/
- US
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Período de Reconstrucción
- In the chapter "Counter-Revolution of Property," Du Bois began by noting the enormous potential that lay ahead for the United States at the beginning of the Reconstruction period.
- Reconstruction Period after the Civil War
Examples
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During the Reconstruction Period, new laws were enacted to protect the rights of formerly enslaved individuals in the South.
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With society's movement during the Reconstruction Period from agriculture to industry, this position was changed.
Academic text (2007) -
Howard's notes provide numerous details about the education movement during the Reconstruction period that resulted from the Freedman's Bureau created by Congress.
Academic text (2002) -
However, while the Federal Constitution is silent on the issue of education, many state constitutions during the Reconstruction period did indeed have education clauses.
Academic text (2017) -
These quotations are excerpted from John A. Carpenter's essay, "Atrocities in the Reconstruction Period," which originally appeared in the Journal of Negro History.
Academic text (1991) -
But the changed ways of life developed by the Civil War and Reconstruction period also generated new and enduring conflicts and apprehensions as society, given more mobility and power by increased wealth, widened breaches with needed means to demonstrate the newly acquired privileges.
Academic text (2014) -
A major theme in Kull's book is that in the Reconstruction period, and again in the era of the "second Reconstruction" in the 1960s, those who held the reins of government power were unwilling to relinquish the discretionary authority inherent in the use of race as a legislative classification.
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The Reconstruction Period was marked by significant changes in the southern states as they were reintegrated into the Union.
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Many historical debates focus on the effectiveness of policies implemented during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War.
Synonyms
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A period after the American Civil War when southern states were brought back into the United States
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Period after the Civil War when southern states rejoin the United States and laws protect former slaves
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally denotes 'a period of reconstruction' by combining 'reconstruction' (political/social restructuring) with 'period' (a time interval), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the time when reconstruction occurred. Although it names a specific U.S. historical era, the meaning is compositional and not idiomatic, making it readily understandable from its parts.
Etymology
The noun Reconstruction Period comes from the idea of rebuilding after the Civil War: reconstruction means 'to build again' and period means 'a time'. After the war, leaders worked to rebuild the southern states and bring them back into the United States, so the phrase refers to those years of rebuilding and rejoining.