Answer:
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln took place right at the beginning of the Reconstruction Era, and at the end of the Civil War era.
Explanation:
President Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States, and was the first to be murdered while in office, in 1865, while attending a play. Right before his murder, Lincoln had been facing the really long and devastating American Civil War, which was coming to an end, after a very arduous and long fight. And right before the end of the War, the Reconstruction Era began, from 1863 to 1877. Right at the beginning of the Reconstruction era, and the ending of the Civil War era, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, in 1865.
