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What was Reconstruction in U.S. history?

  1. The postwar era when the U.S. reunited the nation and defined freedpeople's rights
  2. The period when the United States declared independence from Britain
  3. The campaign to build the transcontinental railroad before the Civil War
  4. The era when the United States entered World War I
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Correct answer: The postwar era when the U.S. reunited the nation and defined freedpeople's rights

Reconstruction refers to the period after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877. It focused on restoring Southern states to the Union, rebuilding the South, and determining the legal and political status of formerly enslaved people.

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