How was the federal government affected by the reconstruction period?

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Alissa Harper

13 August, 09:34

How was the federal government affected by the reconstruction period?

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Jaylah Dunlap · Answer 1

The Reconstruction implemented by Congress, which lasted from 1866 to 1877, was aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War, providing the means for readmitting them into the Union, and defining the means by which whites and blacks could live together in a nonslave society.