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Reconstruction and the Struggle for Civil Rights

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-WV-SS

11 lessons

Goal

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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  1. Lincoln's Assassination and Plans for ReconstructionUp next
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  3. The Freedmen's Bureau: Education, Aid, and ReliefNot started yet
  4. The 14th Amendment: Citizenship and Equal ProtectionNot started yet
  5. The 15th Amendment: Voting Rights for African American MenNot started yet
  6. African American Political Leadership in ReconstructionNot started yet
  7. From Plantations to Sharecropping and Tenant FarmingNot started yet
  8. Black Codes and the Rise of Jim Crow LawsNot started yet
  9. Resistance and Intimidation: The Ku Klux KlanYou are here
  10. The End of Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877Not started yet
  11. Seeking New Opportunities: The Exodusters Move WestNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-wvSS.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.).