The End of Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877

Reconstruction and the Struggle for Civil Rights

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Explain how the disputed election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877 resulted in the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.

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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.5.12West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Compare the economic and social effects of Reconstruction on different populations, including the move from farms to factories and the change from the plantation system to sharecropping.

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.).