Reconstruction referred to?

Question

A fixing the North.
B changing laws in the South.
C rebuilding the South.
D rehabbing crumbling buildings.

Answer 1

Well, the best answer in the list you've provided is "C", though historically the changing of Southern LAWS (B) was also a vital piece of the Reconstruction process.

The big problem with C is that is seems to misunderstand the TERM "reconstruction. This word was used to refer to the 'putting back together of the NATION'. The full expression used was "reconstruction of the GOVERNMENT (of the United States)" or "reconstruction of the nation".

In fact, this term began to be used in 1861, just after the secession of seven Southern states, by legislators in Washington attempting to craft some sort of compromise (most famous was the "Crittenden Compromise", but there were many other proposals), that would somehow change the national government in a way that would entice those states back.

These proposals involved such things as amendments that would strengthen guarantees that slavery would 'not be messed with'... all the way to a NEW structure of government, such as two or three separate sections (or "republics") tied together in a way that would keep it all "one nation" but ensure that each "section" could keep its "distinctives" (or, to be more honest, to enable the SLAVE states to band together to effectively protect their slave interests).

In other words, the term itself had NOTHING to do with the idea of fixing the damage caused by the war (such as that to the Southern economy), as you might have thought, though those issues WERE addressed by Congressional legislation during the Reconstruction ERA. "Reconstruction", though, focused on restoring the POLITICAL system so that the seceded states would once again FULLY and freely participate in the national GOVERNMENT.

(The program eventually adopted for accomplishing this, viz., the one espoused by "Radical Republicans" in Congress, DID require that the Southern states accept specific changes in their laws, including the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution.)

Answer 2

rebuilding the South.

It was meant to build a more just society there, but it failed and the Jim Crow laws were established.

Answer 3

I just had a Civil war test yesterday.. and reconstruction is bringing south and north together and having the same government.(seceded states or confederacy are back with the union or north) and giving freedom to slaves 13th,14th, and 15th amendment.. african americans are free, civil rights, and right to vote.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction

Answer 4

The Term Reconstruction Referred To

Answer 5

Both B and C.

Answer 6

c

Answer 7

C.