From the Library of Congress, this resource documents the course of post-Civil War, post-slavery life for black Americans. Topics include education, constitutional amendments, voting rights and the many challenges African Americans faced as newly free citizens. Includes political cartoons, maps and legislative information along with other primary source documents and commentary.

Concepts

reconstruction

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Additional Tags

african american soldiers, african americans during reconstruction, freedmen's bureau, library of congress: african american odyssey: reconstruction and its aftermath, african americans and reconstruction

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)