1. the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877; [syn: Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Reconstruction Period
n 1: the period after the American Civil War when the southern
states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union;
1865-1877 [syn: Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period]