Explain how these events during the reconstruction era affected the United States both at the time and for decades to come? WILL

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Explain how these events during the reconstruction era affected the United States both at the time and for decades to come? WILL

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Sliva [168] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-18T22:42:45+03:00

The Reconstruction era redefined U.S. citizenship and expanded the franchise, changed the relationship between the federal government and the governments of the states, and highlighted the differences between political and economic democracy. Reconstruction encompassed three major initiatives: restoration of the Union, transformation of southern society, and enactment of progressive legislation favoring the rights of freed slaves.