re·con·struc·tion  (r ē′k ən-str ŭk sh ən)
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n.1. The act or result of reconstructing. 2. Reconstruction The period (1865-1877) during which the states that had seceded to the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government before being readmitted to the Union. |
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