USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Why was the Reconstruction era important? 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reconstruction was a success in that it restored the United States as a unified nation: by 1877, all of the former Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and pledged their loyalty to the U.S. government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reconstruction is generally divided into three phases: Wartime Reconstruction, Presidential Reconstruction and Radical or Congressional Reconstruction, which ended with the Compromise of 1877, when the U.S. government pulled the last of its troops from southern states, ending the Reconstruction era.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War from roughly 1865 to 1877, during which attempts were made to implement full freedom and constitutional rights for African Americans following emancipation.

Detailed explanation-5: -One way that they tried to do this was to pass three important amendments, the so-called Reconstruction Amendments. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.