During Reconstruction, the nation sought to reestablish itself in the aftermath of the Civil War, overcome regional politics, determine how the states of the Confederacy should be readmitted into the Union, and redefine the political, social, and economic realities of the nation's four million blacks.

 

This book is part of a book series called Civil War-A Nation Divided .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Chelsea House Publishers .

Tim McNeese is associate professor of history at York College in York, Nebraska.