Was the Reconstruction Era revolutionary in American history? If so, wouldn't the counter-revolution against it be more significant?

The
reconstruction era actually was revolutionary for important
reasons. It was duringthat the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed. This
Amendment is considered the most important addition to the Constitution since its inception, as
it made all people born or naturalized in any state citizens. This effectively overruled the
Dred Scott decision by which Scott had been denied relief as he was not a citizen. The due
process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment also prohibits states from depriving any citizen of
life, liberty or property without due process of law; as well as denying any citizen the equal
protection of the law. Although its implementation was slow and somewhat staggered ( as in the
"separate but equal" doctrine adopted by the Court in Plessy vs.
Ferguson, ) the Fourteenth Amendment effectively extended the protections of the Bill
of Rights to cover...