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Reconstruction

The English word “Reconstruction” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. A period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the ex-Confederate leaders, and the Freedmen (ex-slaves) after the American Civil War.

Etymology

A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.

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