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African American Leadership and Political Advancement in Reconstruction

Reconstruction and the Post-War South
7th Grade·Social Studies·US-IA-SS
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Describe the election of Black officeholders to local, state, and federal offices, including Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce, and the establishment of public schools.

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Reconstruction and the Post-War South

7th Grade · Social Studies · US-IA-SS

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Examine the political battles, constitutional transformations, African American advancements, and white supremacist backlash during Reconstruction and its aftermath.

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us-iaSS.8.35Iowa Social Studies Standards · 7th Grade

Describe the new role of African Americans in local, state, and the federal government in the years after the Civil War and the national and regional resistance to this change.