The period after the Civil War was a time of incredible upheaval and violence. The South lost the war and its social and economic system was

The period after the Civil War was a time of incredible upheaval and violence. The South lost the war and its social and economic system was destroyed. What did African Americans expect from freedom? What were the different proposals to reintegrate southern states back into the US? What were some of the violent ways whites responded to defeat? What was the Compromise of 1877 and the outcome southerners both black and white?