American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. 2 of 2

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In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Faust talks about the impact of the civil war on women, Confederacy as godliness, white south and lost honor, fear of retribution from former slaves, women honoring those killed in the war, United Daughters of the Confederacy, support for Confederate veterans, "The Burial of Latane" by William Washington, Lost Cause in the South, Hammond plantation.

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48 minutes

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