What is Freedom?

Explore the era of Reconstruction and its aftermath in this webisode from PBS. Learn about the struggles of rebuilding the South and uniting the Union in the years that immediately followed the Civil War, and explore the rise of Jim Crow laws after Reconstruction was abandoned. This webisode provides primary source documents including photographs and excerpts from speeches, a timeline, glossary, and quizzes you can take to test your knowledge.
Resource ID#: 164617 Type: Tutorial
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Direct Link: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web07/index.html

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Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 11
Intended Audience: Students
Suggested Technology: Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Speakers/Headphones
Instructional Time: 30 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Keywords: tutorial, U.S. History, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Civil War, Reconstruction, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Radical Republicans, Rutherford B. Hayes, Black codes, Freedmen's Bureau, Plessy v. Ferguson, Jim Crow, carpetbaggers, scallawags, Thaddeus Stevens, Ku Klux Klan, Redeemers, segregation, Frederick Douglass
Instructional Component Type(s): Tutorial,  Assessment,  Video/Audio/Animation,  Image/Photograph,  Text Resource, 
Resource Collection: Social Studies - U.S. History Existing Student Tutorials

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