He felt that punishing Davis would only create more bitterness and make reconstruction the rebuilding of the South more difficult.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

And Johnson was president. It was up to this little-known former tailor to make the decisions on reconstruction on rebuilding the Union.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

True,he had lost the political fight to control the re-building, or reconstruction, of the defeated southern states.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

This week in our series, Doug Johnson and Frank Oliver tell about the reconstruction of the South.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Twenty years ago, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development was created to help former communist countries after the fall of the Soviet Union.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

By these recent successes, we have had pressed more closely upon us the question of reconstruction.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

The events of reconstruction also were central to one of the nation's most interesting presidential elections.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The president continued to discuss his ideas on reconstruction over the next few days.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Radical lawmakers took other steps to seize control of reconstruction efforts in the South.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

The reconstruction period changed the face of the South and of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

His other publications include "The Emancipation Proclamation" and "Reconstruction after the Civil War."

VOA: special.2009.12.27

Historians do agree that reconstruction changed the United States in several important ways.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The radical Republicans decided that President Johnson's reconstruction program must be stopped.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Many southerners believe,even today, that reconstruction was a bitter time of defeat.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

There can be no peace if economic resources that ought to be devoted to social and economic reconstruction are to be diverted to an intensified competition in armaments."

VOA: special.2011.05.05

Johnson,not Lincoln, would decide if reconstruction would be easy or hard.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

He had his own program of reconstruction for the South.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

So,the record of reconstruction in the South was mixed.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Then they formed their own joint committee on reconstruction.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Reconstruction changed the economy of the South,too.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

"Among those who believe that it is moving in the right direction, they attribute it to good security and reconstruction efforts,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The government in Rome meanwhile has declared a state of emergency for the area, freeing funds for relief and reconstruction.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

"In the last three years, the people of this country have been working to promote reform, reconstruction,and reconciliation.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

French Ambassador to Iraq Boris Bouillon says today Paris is eager to capture a share of lucrative oil and reconstruction deals in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Maria Lay,a member of the ruling CNRT party, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, says first on the government's list is building new power plants.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

But he says, residents must be confident because the reconstruction is underway.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06