Reconstruction was designed to rebuild southern states after the Civil war through physical,social,economic and political changes and aid.
Explanation
Reconstruction was the plan Abraham Lincoln and it was meant to integrate the southern states into the union. After the Civil war between the south and north,South was completely destroyed.
The economy of the south was completely dependent on agriculture and reconstruction intended to bring economic reforms to make south not so agriculture dependent and several changes in infrastructure were to be made.
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the US is a federal republic and a constitutional representative democracy
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