What is the meaning of Reconstruction?

noun

  • The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877.
  • The activity of constructing something again.
  • An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence.
  • Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall.
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