Black Codes and the Rise of Jim Crow Laws

Reconstruction and the Struggle for Civil Rights

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Analyze how Southern states passed Black Codes and Jim Crow laws to restrict African American freedom and enforce segregation.

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Reconstruction and the Struggle for Civil Rights

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-WV-SS

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Analyze the political, social, and economic rebuilding of the United States after the Civil War, focusing on the Reconstruction Amendments and African American experiences.

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SS.5.6West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Summarize the provisions of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including how the amendments protected the rights of African Americans and sought to enhance their political, social and economic opportunities.

SS.5.21West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Examine the economic, political and social developments during Reconstruction. • Explain the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the goals of Reconstruction. • Characterize the effects of Reconstruction on African Americans (e.g., rights and restrictions, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments, rise of discriminatory laws and groups (Klu Klux Klan), motivations to relocate, and the actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau, etc.).