What Was Reconstruction?
by Sherri L. Smith
List Price: $7.99Penguin Workshop (Dec 27, 2022)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 112 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Description of What Was Reconstruction? by Sherri L. Smith
In the same style as the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series, What Was? focuses on compelling historical events, great battles, protests, and discoveries.
Learn about a pivotal time in American history and its momentous effects on civil rights in America in this enlightening title about Reconstruction.
Reconstruction — the period after the Civil War — was meant to give newly freed Black people the same rights as white people. And indeed there were monumental changes once slavery ended — thriving new Black communities, the first Black members in Congress, and a new sense of dignity for many Black Americans. But this time of hope didn’t last long and instead, a deeply segregated United States continued on for another hundred years. Find out what went wrong in this fascinating overview of a troubled time.

Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9780593225936
- Imprint: Penguin Workshop
- Publisher: Penguin Random House
- Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Books similiar to What Was Reconstruction? may be found in the categories below:
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / African American & Black
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- Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Politics & Government