Why Is the Period from 1863 to 1877 Called the "Reconstruction

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Essay

Why is the period from 1863 to 1877 called the "Reconstruction" era? Describe the conditions that existed in the post-Civil War South that necessitated a reconstruction process.

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Definitions:

Simple Exponential Smoothing

A time series forecasting method for univariate data that applies decreasing weights to past observations as they age.

Mean Absolute Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability in a data set, calculated as the average distance between each data point and the mean of the data set.

Mean Squared Error

A measure of the average of the squares of the errors or deviations, that is, the difference between the estimator and what is estimated.

Tracking Signal

A statistical measure used in quality control and forecasting to detect bias in the forecast error over time.