US History › Section H · Civil War and Reconstruction › Topic H.7
Radical Reconstruction
From 1867, Congress took control of Reconstruction. It placed most of the former Confederacy under military supervision, impeached a president, added the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution and, for a few years, made the South the scene of an experiment in interracial democracy.
In this topic
- Congress takes charge
- The Reconstruction Acts
- Impeaching a president
- Grant and the Fifteenth Amendment
- Worked example: reading the Fifteenth Amendment
- Women's suffrage and a divided movement
- Black political power
- What the new governments did
- Worked example: how historians judged Reconstruction
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
This topic is part of Wuanberri Pro. Checking your access…