RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reconstruction Period mean? 

• RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (noun)
  The noun RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Reconstruction; Reconstruction Period

Instance hypernyms:

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