Standard USHC-3.4

USHC-3.4 Summarize the end of Reconstruction, including the role of anti–African American factions and competing national interests in undermining support for Reconstruction; the impact of the removal of federal protection for freedmen; and the i...

Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Year: 2011

The "Buffalo Soldiers": Contributions of the first African-American soldiers in the U.S. Army

Lesson

In this lesson, students will learn the history of this group of patriotic, but little-known African American soldiers that were organized in the mid-1800s, right after the Civil War. Two different...

SC Black Codes: A Lesson on Reconstruction Legislation and Amendments

Lesson

This lesson is one component of a unit on Reconstruction, which would be preceded by a separate unit on the Civil War. Preceding lessons in this unit should address the political, economic, and social...