AR-1 Reconstruction
During the time between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War, the term "Reconstruction" was coined basically meaning "the reunification of the nation" which was in turmoil. Although it began with a simple meaning, at the end of the Civil War in 1865, it developed into a much more complex idea: it was more than just reuniting the nation, but having a total transformation of the South. Both the social and economical aspects needed to be addressed and altered. For many of the colored slaves in the South, "reconstruction" meant freedom from slavery and a chance to become a freed man with basic human rights, but it also meant that a new type of oppression would be upon them.
The meaning of Reconstruction as the reunification of the nation is represented in the political cartoon "ColumbiaShall I Trust These Men,
'" In this cartoon we have the southern people on their knees groveling to Columbia as the Union. The South had to......
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