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Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Black Codes in the Former Confederate States

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the black codes in various states enacted as a result of Johnson's lenient Reconstruction plans. From "Trial by Fire, A People's History of the Civil War and Reconstruction" by Paige Smith.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: Life After Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses what life was like for African Americans who were freed from slavery after the Civil War. Includes questions for students.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Early African American Senators

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about some African-American politicians who won election to the Texas Senate and served during the time of Reconstruction in Texas.
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Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, the Civil War & Reconstruction Fort Sumter: First Shots

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction Election of 1860 and Lincoln

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Underground Railroad. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction the Emancipation Proclamation

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Emancipation Proclamation. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction the Generals of the Civil War

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four Civil War generals: Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
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Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, the Civil War & Reconstruction Surrender at Appomattox

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox to end the Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: Black Codes

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the Black Codes that white Southerners imposed on African Americans after the Civil War and the efforts by Republican politicians to protect their rights.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: The First Kkk

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how the Ku Klux Klan came into existence and how they terrorized African Americans as well as those who sympathized with them. The Klan would suppress the black vote so that Democrats had a better chance of winning an election...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: The Freedmen's Bureau

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the goals and activities of the Freedmen's Bureau, the opposition from President Andrew Johnson, and how the Bureau was dismantled in 1872 after just seven years. Includes questions for students.
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Other

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: Andrew Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Andrew Johnson followed by details of how Radical Republicans tried to take over the reconstruction by forcing Johnson out of office.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Columbia University & Slavery Post 1865: Faculty and Admin

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Civil War concluded in 1865 and the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, Columbia University's faculty members shaped historical interpretations of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, as well as scientific theories...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Quiz 3

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick comprehension check over Reconstruction and issues during the Civil War.
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Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Slavery in the Territories

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Congressional disagreements about slavery in the territories before the Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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San Diego State University

San Diego State University: Mitochondrion Reconstructed by Electron Tomography

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphics and movies showing three-dimensional reconstruction of mitochondriom.
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Other

Guardian's Egypt: Tutankhamun Facial Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the latest computer-generated pictures of King Tut (2005). These pictures are based on findings sponsored in part by the National Geographic Society.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Russia Reconstruction and Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses Stalin's plans for Russia following World War II and examines how his decisions helped bring about the Cold War.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath: Black Exodus

For Students 9th - 10th
Newly freed slaves left the South after the Civil War and many moved to the West. Read about the all-black community in Kansas called Nicodemus.
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Revolution to Reconstruction:court Architecture and the Development of Democracy

For Students 1st - 9th
Article on the ways in which Colonial court architecture contributed to and fostered the notion of community and democracy.
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Other

Theatre of Pompey Computer Reconstructions

For Students 9th - 10th
Modern virtual reality models of Pompey's theater.
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University of Virginia

Ancient Reconstruction of the Pompeii Forum

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly investigation into the question of why the Romans did not repair the Forum in Pompeii after the earthquake of 62 C.E (17 years before the eruption of Mt Vesuvius).
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Failure of Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
The abolition movement sought to end the practice of slavery in the United States.

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