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Pushing Towards Civil Rights

The Successes and Failures of Reconstruction

9-12
One class period
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Learning Objectives

  • Identify the protections in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
  • Explain how the federal government expanded its power during Reconstruction
  • Describe Southern resistance to federal policies and the clash between federal and state power
  • Identify achievements and errors made during Reconstruction and how those events impacted people’s lives
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Overview

The period of Reconstruction was complicated. The federal government’s efforts were a mixed bag of accomplishments and missteps. In this lesson, students examine the progress created by federal laws and actions. They also explore how states circumvented federal laws and were allowed to establish a system of inequality and oppression that denied civil rights to Black Americans.

 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach, and Workforce Initiative Programs under Grant No. HQ0034-21-S-F001. The views expressed in written materials or publications, and/or made by speakers, moderators, and presenters, do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Defense nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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