American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. 1 of 2

Description

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, what citizenship means after the civil war, planter Kate Stone, the cotton economy and slave ownership, fear of armed slaves, Stone family flees the south, denial and confusion after the civil war, southern whites defending slavery, making slavery consistent with Christian teachings.

Runtime

45 minutes

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Database

Alexander Street

Direct Link

Similar Films

Shaping America. U. S. history to 1877. Union preserved, freedom secured. Lesson 24
De niña a madre. Girls to mothers
Voices from Yemen
With these hands
Africans in America. Brotherly love. Part 3
American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. 4 of 4
Shirley Adams
The life and times of Rosie the Riveter
Unbreakable. Surviving Trauma
Crossing the line. Sexual harassment and how to confront it
The Sexes
When the day comes. Women as caregivers
American experience. John Brown's holy war. 1 of 5
Some spirit in me
Women smokejumpers