reconstruction period

1. 1.

   the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877

   SynonymsReconstruction

   Broaderhistoric period

Questions about reconstruction period

What does reconstruction period mean?

reconstruction period means "the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877".

What is another word for reconstruction period?

Close synonyms include Reconstruction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reconstruction period a common word?

reconstruction period is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.