What's the deal with reconstruction?

Reconstruction is the period after the civil war when states that were formerly apart of the Confederacy were brought back into the United States. During reconstruction, the south was divided into military districts so that the elections could be supervised to set up new state governments. These governments often included carpetbaggers (northener who went to the south and became active in Republican politics). However, former officials of the Confederacy were not allowed to serve the carpetbaggers. Eventually, the new state governments apprved 3 ammendments to the constitution: the 13th ammendment which outlawed slavery; the 14th ammendment which kept some former supporters of the Confederacy out of public office until Congress allowed them to serve; and the 15th amendment which guaranteed voting rights for black men. Once a state approved the 13th and 14th ammendments, it was to be readmittd or returned to the US and again represented or brought back up in Congress. The official end of reconstruction came n 1877, when the last troops were withdrawn or taken away from the south.
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A recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales. A recession begins just after the economy reaches a peak of activity and ends as the economy reaches its trough.

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Reconstruction relates to today because there are a variety of different thing in our society and the world that are currently being reconstructed or needs to be reconstructed. One issue that currenly stands out to me right now is money and the recession. Due to money not being used properly in a lot of different situations, lots of banks were shut down, and as a result lots of peoples funds and bank accounts became messed up. I believe that obama and the society is currently trying to reconstruct the spending of money by being a lot more aware of what is being bought, what banks are and aren't handling money correctly, and how spendings are being prioritized. It's a process that takes lots of time and thought, but eventually will be completed.