Civil War: Postwar Period

Duration: 20 min.

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1983

Creator: CORNET

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: President Johnson begins a bitter struggle with Congress over political reorganization of the South. Film treats the many aspects of postwar conflict without bias, but with sympathy for both viewpoints., Analyzes years of crisis following war, conflict between President Johnson and Congress, the carpetbag legislation and reconstruction and birth of protest groups such as Ku Klux Klan.

Complete Record: , Clarifies the problems faced by the nation in the postwar period--the conflict between conservative President Johnson and the radical Congress, the carpetbag legislation and reconstruction, and the birth of protest groups such as the Ku Klux Klan., Analyzes years of crisis following war, conflict between President Johnson and Congress, the carpetbag legislation and reconstruction and birth of protest groups such as Ku Klux Klan.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.