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\nOn This Day: The Freedman's Bureau\n

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\nThe Civil War ended slavery, but how did the government enforce the Thirteenth Amendment? Scholars learn about the creation of the Freedman's Bureau, the department's responsibilities, and experiences of African Americans who the program...\n
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\nWritten Assessment: Freedman's Bureau\n

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\nIn this teaching American history worksheet, students examine a primary source document regarding the Freedman's Bureau. Students respond to 1 short answer question.\n
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\nFreedmen's Bureau: Labor Contract or Re-enslavement?\n

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\nLearners examine the topics of the Freedman's Bureau and labor contracting. They analyze the economic conditions in Alabama after the Civil War. They draw conclusions about the problems with sharecropping.\n
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\nHow Effective were the Efforts of the Freedmen’s Bureau?\n

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\nThe legacy of Reconstruction and the Freedman's Bureau is complicated. Using an interactive web resource, learners literally weigh the evidence using an online program in primary sources such as labor contracts and marriage records to...\n
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\nReconstruction (1865-1876)\n

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\nEasily broken into pieces for several class sessions, this presentation is a great way to transition your class out of a Civil War unit and closer to the 20th century. Engaging photographs, including relevant maps and humorous political...\n
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\nReconstruction and 1876\n

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\nHow did the United States face the problem of needing to integrate a formerly slave and rebellious population back into the country? Your young historians will learn about the complex system of reconstruction that existed in post-Civil...\n
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\nU.S. History Worksheet #74\n

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\nHow did politics play out during the Reconstruction Era? Historians utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the nation's post Civil War history, focusing on Presidents Lincoln and...\n
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\nAFRICAN-AMERICAN HOMESTEADERS\n

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\nStudents analyze the factors that inhibited and fostered African American attempts to improve their lives during Reconstruction, the role of class, race, gender, and religion in western communities, and the challenges diverse people...\n
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\nBridges for All: Better Way\n

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\nMiddle schoolers explore organizations founded for the common good. In this character education lesson, students read about organizations that developed for the common good during the Civil War and Reconstruction. In small groups, middle...\n
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\nOK in Oklahoma? All-Black Communities\n

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\nHigh schoolers read to discover the African-American migration to Oklahoma following the Civil War and the eventual settlements of thirty-two all-black towns. To present their findings, students will write position papers and participate...\n
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\nPbs: American Experience: Interview With John Hope Franklin Discussing the Kkk\n

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\nHistorian John Hope Franklin discusses the KKK's beginnings and opposition to education for the freedmen in the period after the Civil War.\n
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\nTexas State Library and Archives Commission: Forever Free: The 1860s: 19th Century African American Legislators of Texas\n

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\nAn exhibit from the Texas State Library exploring the political achievements of African-Americans in the Texas state legislature and Constitutional Convention from 1865 through the 1890s.\n
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\nNewberry Library: Slavery, Civil War, and the \"New Birth of Freedom\"\n

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\nNewberry Library presents primary source materials from which students learn about the arguments made for abolition before the Civil War, how the appeals against slavery were framed, and what freedom would mean for the South and the...\n
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\nThe History Cat: African Americans After the War\n

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\nProvides a discussion of what life was like for African Americans after slavery ended, focusing on the Freedman's Bureau, Freedman schools, and the Ku Klux Klan.\n
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\nDigital History: Two Plans for Reconstruction [Pdf]\n

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\nBefore his assassination, Abraham Lincoln was already making plans for Reconstruction in the South. Read about his plan and the plan of the Radical Republicans. See the reasoning behind each plan.\n
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\nPbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Reconstruction and 1876\n

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\nIn this Crash Course video with John Green, we look at Reconstruction after the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Johnson's divisive presidency, the election of 1876, and how African-Americans fared after the failure of...\n
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\nU.s. History: Presidential Reconstruction\n

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\nAfter the death of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson was responsible for implementing Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War. Read about his views on African-Americans, and the leniency he offered Confederate leaders and soldiers....\n
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\nAnnenberg Classroom: Freedom From Slavery\n

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\nCheck out this interactive timeline of the history of freedom from slavery in the United States.\n
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\nU.s. History: Radical Reconstruction\n

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\nRead about the frustration the Radical Republicans in Congress had with the Reconstruction plans of Andrew Johnson. Find out what legislation they were able to pass over Johnson's veto, and how they attempted to protect emancipated...\n
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\nBlack Past: Douglass, Frederick\n

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\nThis encyclopedia entry gives a brief overview of the inspirational life of Fredrick Douglass, abolitionist, essayist, and promoter of rights for everyone. There are references to several of his stirring essays.\n
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\nBlack Past: Wright, Jonathan\n

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\nThe importance of Jonathan Wright's legal career is explained in this encyclopedia article.\n
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\nDigital History: The African American as Sharecropper [Pdf]\n

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\nAfter reading about the system of sharecropping or tenant farming for the African American in the South, look at poverty statistics for African Americans vs. whites between 1960 and 1990. Is there a corelation between the sharecropping...\n
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\nChnm: Reconstruction Era\n

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\nThe Republican actions during Reconstruction are summarized in this site from the Center for History and New Media.\n
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