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Etc: Reconstruction in the South, 1862 1877
The process of Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Carpetbaggers
This article provides facts and information about the Carpetbaggers, opportunist Northerners who went to the South during the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Racial Segregation History in the United States
This article contains numerous facts about black segregation history in the United States from the Civil War through the end of the Civil Rights Movement.
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National Park Service: Andrew Johnson Historic Site: Fourteenth Amendment
The complete text of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University Libraries: Gilded Age: 1873 1876: The Panic of 1873
Explains the circumstances and events that led to the Panic of 1873, which was precipitated by the collapse of the Philadelphia investment house of Jay Cooke.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Richard Wright, a black boy living in the Jim Crow South, travels north in hopes of escaping the violence and prejudice that rules his childhood. Selected (8) reading passages (grades7-12) to pair with "Black Boy" by Richard Wright....
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American National Biography Online: Armstrong, Samuel Chapman
Biography of Samuel C. Armstrong, founder of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute during Reconstruction, to educate African Americans after the Civil War. Hampton is now Hampton University.
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University of Georgia: Georgia History
This site has great links to the history of Georgia. Categories of links include: Prehistoric Period, Spanish Georgia, French Georgia, Georgia as an English Colony, American Revolution to the Civil War, Reconstruction to the 20th...
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American History: Presidents: Gettysburg Address
This site provides the text of the Gettysburg Address.
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American History: Essays: Anglo American Colonization in Texas: Secession
Discusses where different southern states stood on the issue of secession prior to the Civil War.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Gilded Age
The Smithsonian presents a collection of sixty pieces of art from the Gilded Age period in America. Works are included by such artists as Sargent, Thayer, Bannister, Beaux, and others.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Native American Movement
Overview of the Native American push for Civil Rights in a post World War II America.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Latino Movement
Section overview on the Latino Movement in which Hispanic Americans pushed for civil rights in post World War II America.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Freedmen's Bureau
Interesting facts about the Freedmen's Bureau established to help and protect emancipated slaves (freedmen)in 1865.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edwin Mc Masters Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 - December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 8 Social Studies Units
A grade 8 scope and sequence document with six complete units.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Fourteenth Amendment Part I
This video segment from The Supreme Court introduces viewers to the 14th amendment.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Fourteenth Amendment Part Ii
In this video segment from The Supreme Court, learn about the 1883 Supreme Court decision that marked the end of federal protections for individuals in states and the beginning of Jim Crow segregation.
Library of Congress
Loc: Anna E. Dickinson Papers
The papers of lecturer, reformer, actress, and author Anna Elizabeth Dickinson span the period 1859-1951 but are chiefly concentrated in the years from 1859 to 1911. The collection consists of approximately 10,000 items. Included are...
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: The Black Lost Cause:critical Analysis of Examples
Discusses the research by historians to try to determine the extent to which African Americans fought for the Confederate cause. They examined letters, service records, anecdotes, photographs, pension records, etc. but were unable to say...
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American History: Essays: The Black Lost Cause: Elaboration
Explains how the idea of African Americans fighting in large numbers for the Confederate cause is a wrong one that has been propagated by untrained historians who used unreliable sources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Unit Test
Take this ten-question unit test over the period of 1844-1877 in US history.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a freeborn black who was a Union officer in the American Civil War and a leader in Louisiana politics during Reconstruction (1865-77).
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert Smalls
Brief biographical details on Robert Smalls, an African-American slave who became a naval hero for the Union in the American Civil War and went on to serve as a congressman from South Carolina during Reconstruction.
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