Chapter 118
The end of the Civil War in 1865 saw the country moving into a period of reconstruction which would see an end to slavery and the granting of citizenship to immigrants and slaves within the country. The period of Reconstruction in the United States took place between 1863 and 1877 after which the national government seized control of all the states in the southern parts of America.
The political setting during this period was mostly dominated by Republicans and the presidential administration was that of Abraham Lincoln up until his assassination in April 1865. President Lincoln developed plans that would be used to reconstruct the country after the Civil War and also reintegrate the ex-Confederate states into America (Carlisle, 2008).