Reconstruction Era: A History from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

The American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, produced casualties and destruction on an unprecedented scale. Up to 800,000 soldiers were killed, and huge swathes of the American south were devastated. However, although the defeat of the Confederate States and the end of the war brought peace of a sort, it left many unresolved issues. The period following the end of the Civil War has become known as the Reconstruction Era, and during this time there were efforts to achieve two separate goals: to reintegrate the former rebel southern states fully into the Union and to achieve not only the abolition of slavery - which had been a war aim for the north - but also the emancipation and granting of civil rights to freed slaves.

Inside you will listen about:

• The End of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
• Radical Reconstruction
• Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
• The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
• Corruption and Recession
• And much more!

The Reconstruction Era proved almost as divisive as the Civil War itself - the freeing of slaves threatened to undermine the very basis of society and many southerners resisted. For some in the north, the unwillingness of people in the south to adopt new laws and new ways of life seemed to negate the whole point of the war. After all, what was the point of fighting and winning a war if the very things that were fought for failed to happen?

The Reconstruction Era was a period of turmoil and change in the United States, and it ended not with a complete victory for either side but with a compromise which satisfied no-one. However, this period did pave the way for important changes which came much later. This is the complex and sometimes confusing story of the Reconstruction Era.

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meh

Good thing it was free.
Narrator needs to learn to pronounce things properly.
It's "SKAL- ee -wag" and W.E.B. "Doo-Boys". Dr. DuBois clarified that himself many times saying that although his name was French in origin, he was an American.

great book

Awesome book, really enjoyed it., Please get, adds tons of value, at least to me.

A One Hour Summary

This book is a ONE hour synopsis of an extremely complicated and conflicted era of American history. It is not an exhaustive reference. If you are looking for a quick and dirty summary that hits the highlights, this is a great investment. In fact, this should be the the book you read prior to reading more scholarly works like Foner’s. It gives definitions of key terms and a timeline of the era from 1865-1877.