Title American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. Interview with Eric Foner, historian, Columbia University. 4 of 5 / [produced by WGBH]

Published Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (48 min.) Summary 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. Foner talks about expansion of industry, cotton economy, John R. Lynch elected to Congress, raising taxes to pay for social services, corruption, election of Ulysses S. Grant, violence and opposition to Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan and the White League, Amos Akerman and efforts against the Klan, the Fifteenth Amendment, sharecropping and overproduction of cotton Notes Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017) Performer Eric Foner, interviewee Notes In English Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Politics and government. Race relations. SUBJECT Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125648 United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140443 United States -- Race relations -- 19th century Subject Southern States. United States. Genre/Form interviews. Interviews. Nonfiction films. History. Unedited footage. Interviews. Unedited footage. Interviews. Form Streaming video Author Foner, Eric, 1943- interviewee. Deane, Elizabeth (Elizabeth K.), director, producer. Garcia Rios, Patricia, director, producer WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

Other Titles Interview with Eric Foner, historian, Columbia University, 4 of 5 Reconstruction, the second Civil War

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