[Free Registration/Login Required] "A variety of materials demonstrates the rise and fall of civil rights for African Americans during the latter half of the nineteenth century, including constitutional amendments, sharecropper...

An overview of Reconstruction provided by the University of Houston. Provides images and the political climate that occurred during this part of American History.

With this lesson plan, students learn about the lives of African Americans during Reconstruction. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).

So we've reconstructed, now what? A slideshow which illustrates what happens in the southern United States following the Civil War Reconstruction.

Read the complete text of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which set out guarantees for citizenship in post-Civil War America as well as the punishments for those who tried to obstruct these guarantees.

Article explores Reconstruction in the post-Civil War South specifically the second phase known as Radical Reconstruction when the federal government attempted to enforce political rights for freed Blacks. [April 20, 2012]

12-question multiple choice question quiz tests your comprehension of post-Civil War reconstruction.

How does a country put itself back together after a civil war? Read about the problems with the destruction of the Southern economy and land, the recognition of former slaves as freedmen, and the ways to bring the Southern states back...

A short timeline on the main events of the period of Reconstruction from 1865 to 1897. A few of the events are clickable and can be followed for additional information.

A map of the United States after the American Civil War showing political facts, boundaries, and conflicts regarding the post-Civil War reconstruction (1865-1892).

Article outlining the development of new thought, legislation, politics, and the Reconstruction plans in the South.

This collection of resources examines the life and work of freed slaves after the Civil War. Includes questions and answers on sharecropping in the American South, as well as a personal account from a former slave who became a sharecropper.

Read about the Convention of 1868, which was a direct result of the Radical Congressional Reconstruction Acts passed in 1867, overturning post-Civil War Presidential Reconstruction.

Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in American history from pre-European times until post-World War II.

This site is a collaborative work-in-progress involving a team of four scholars based in the US, Ireland and the UK. It consists of ten learning units on topics revolving around the emancipation of slaves in the American South following...

These historically significant primary documents trace the evolution of the church in the black south into a significant part of the community.

Overview of the Native American push for Civil Rights in a post World War II America.

Section overview on the Latino Movement in which Hispanic Americans pushed for civil rights in post World War II America.