Reconstruction

=Reconstruction Era=


 * Objective:** Explain the purposes and challenges of Reconstruction with attention to the economic, social, political, and geographic problems facing the South; the effects of emancipation; racial tension; tension between social classes; and disagreement over voting rights.

(Resources included in chronological order.)

Election of 1876 - signals end of Reconstruction -

Lincoln's, Johnson's, and Radical Republicans' Reconstruction Plans - Three Constitutional Amendments during Reconstruction era - Example of laws challenging the 13th Amendment -

Example of laws challenging the 14th Amendment -

Example of literacy test challenging the 15th Amendment -

Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case -

Different approaches to achieving equality: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois -