RECONSTRUCTION 2ND CIVIL WAR

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• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: On a misty April evening in 1865, a jubilant crowd packed the White House lawn to hear President Abraham Lincoln's first speech since the end of the Civil War. They expected a stirring celebration of the Union victory - but instead got harsh reality. Even with the South defeated, Lincoln warned, the future would be 'fraught with great difficulty.' He called the task ahead Reconstruction.; ; Even as Lincoln spoke, opposing forces were gathering. Some Americans saw Reconstruction as a chance to build a new nation out of the ashes of war and slavery. Others vowed to wage a new war to protect their way of life, and a racial order they believed ordained by God.; ; Three days after delivering his warning, Lincoln was shot dead by a Confederate sympathizer. Reconstruction would have to go forward without him.; ; Spanning the momentous years from 1863 to 1877, RECONSTRUCTION: THE SECOND CIVIL WAR tracks the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans - Southern and Northern, white and black - as they struggle to shape new lives for themselves in a world turned upside down. ;
• Cast: Llewellyn M. Smith, Elisabeth Deane
• Director: Llewellyn M. Smith
• Runtime: 3:00
• Company: PBS Video
• Media Format: Movie