Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War in which many changes were undergone in the north and the south in order to restore the union. It lasted approximately 12 years from 1865-1877. The South had suffered the destruction of their factories, railroads, and mainly their slave-worked farms. The north suffered mainly from the political turmoil that was left in the aftermath of the war.
There were many phases of reconstruction consisting of Lincoln's Phase,Johnson's Phase, and the Radical Republican Phase. While Lincoln did not live long enough to actually go through reconstruction, he lived only five days after the war. Lincoln began this. …
