RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War explores the transformative years.

Episodes

  • Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 2

    S2019 Ep4 |
    Racist imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story.
  • Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 1

    S2019 Ep3 |
    Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896
  • Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2

    S2019 Ep2 |
    Post-Civil War America was a new world.
  • Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 1

    S2019 Ep1 |
    The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating . . . and terrifying.

About RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change. The twelve years that composed the post-war Reconstruction era (1865-77) witnessed a seismic shift in the meaning and makeup of our democracy.

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