post-bellum
Following the conflict
Post-bellum means after a war, the opposite of antebellum.
In American usage, it almost always refers to the period following the Civil War: post-bellum Southern society, the post-bellum economy.
The term appears mainly in historical writing about Reconstruction and its aftermath.
Agreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- reunionGathering after separation
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
memorial · commemoration · remembrance · reconciliation · forgiveness · healing · restoration · unity
Release from legal bondage
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- segregationForced separation by group
integration · urbanization · industrialization · migration · plantation · labor · wages · education
People released from slavery
- carpetbaggersOutsiders exploiting local turmoil
- scalawagsPlayful troublemakers
- sharecroppingFarm rent in produce
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
segregation · disfranchisement · readmission · reintegration · confederacy · union · johnson · grant
Farm rent in produce
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- railroadsTrain transportation systems
infrastructure · labor · wages · poverty · plantation · manufacturing · trade · commerce
armistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- reunionGathering after separation
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
pardon · memorial · commemoration · remembrance · reconciliation · forgiveness · healing · restoration · unity · repatriation
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
segregation · integration · urbanization · industrialization · migration · plantation · labor · wages · education · literacy
freedmen
People released from slavery
- carpetbaggersOutsiders exploiting local turmoil
- scalawagsPlayful troublemakers
- sharecroppingFarm rent in produce
homestead · segregation · disfranchisement · readmission · reintegration · confederacy · union · johnson · grant
sharecropping
Farm rent in produce
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
railroads · infrastructure · labor · wages · poverty · plantation · manufacturing · trade · commerce · rebuilding
post, antebellum, bellicose, belligerent, belligerence, belligerency, rebel, rebellion, rebellious