1. What was Reconstruction? A) A rebuilding of the capital after the Civil War

B) A rebuilding of American society after the Civil War

C) A rebuilding of homes and businesses after the Civil War

D) A rebuilding of American self-esteem and patriotism after the Civil War

B. Reconstruction was period after the Civil War in U.S History that marked a change or "reconstruction" of American society. When Reconstruction occurred, there was a new president after Lincoln's assassination's, the southern states became occupied territory, and there were endless questions, pain, etc.

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation:

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