Download or read book Reconstruction and Reform written by Joy Hakim and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America began to rebuild after the devastation of the Civil War. Urban areas grew, the plains and western farmlands became settled, the women's and labor movements began, and exciting new inventions, such as the telegraph, telephone, and electric light, began to appear. Reconstruction and Reform epitomizes the story of the struggle to fulfill the promise of freedom, the cornerstone of A History of the US.