soon now to be known as the Radical Republicans--

很快现在就被认为是共和党激进分子
and what will become a great constitutional crisis

并将会造成巨大的宪法危机
over who will control Reconstruction

争斗的核心是由谁控制重建
and what Reconstruction will be.

以及重建将会如何进展
Reconstruction, though, is often seen--

重建虽然往往被看作是
it is indeed an era of almost gargantuan aspirations,

的确几乎可以说是一个豪情壮志的时期
if you think about what they were trying to achieve,

想想他们想要去完成什么目标
and tragic failures.

还有悲惨的失败
But it's also an era of sudden and unprecedented legal,

但也是一个突然降临的前所未有的在法制
political, and constitutional change.

政治上以及宪法方面进行修正的时期
It's also a period of tremendous social and political violence.

同样也是一个社交聚会与政治暴力的时期
We've never experienced anything in America--

我们在美国从没经历过任何事