{"id":1418,"date":"2015-08-20T06:24:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T06:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/americanyawphist118x15x1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1418"},"modified":"2015-08-20T06:24:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T06:24:17","slug":"conclusion-40","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/sanjacinto-atdcoursereview-ushistory2-1\/chapter\/conclusion-40\/","title":{"raw":"Conclusion","rendered":"Conclusion"},"content":{"raw":"Reconstruction in the United States achieved Abraham Lincoln\u2019s paramount concern: the restoration of the Union. The war and its aftermath\u00a0forever ended legal slavery in the United States, but African Americans remained second-class citizens and women still struggled for full participation in the public life of the United States. The closing of Reconstruction saw\u00a0North and South reunited behind the imperatives\u00a0economic growth and territorial expansion, if not the full rights of its citizens.\u00a0From the ashes of civil war, a new\u00a0nation was born, a nation rich with fresh\u00a0possibilities but beset by old problems.\r\n\r\n<em>This chapter was edited by Nicole Turner, with content contributions by Christopher Abernathy, Jeremiah Bauer, Michael T. Caires, Mari Crabtree, Chris Hayadisha-Knight, Krista Kinslow, Ashley Mays, Keith McCall, Ryan Poe, Bradley Proctor, Emma Teitelman, Nicole Turner, and Caitlin Verboon.<\/em>","rendered":"<p>Reconstruction in the United States achieved Abraham Lincoln\u2019s paramount concern: the restoration of the Union. The war and its aftermath\u00a0forever ended legal slavery in the United States, but African Americans remained second-class citizens and women still struggled for full participation in the public life of the United States. 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