RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877

Synonyms:

Reconstruction; Reconstruction Period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Instance hypernyms:

age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)

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