This short video provided by Khan Academy features two historians reviewing the ratification of the 15th Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote. The historians also explore ways in which the different Reconstruction Amendments were undermined and not fully realized for almost a century. Helpful graphics illustrate the content.
General Information
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 11
Intended Audience:
Students
Suggested Technology:
Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Speakers/Headphones
Instructional Time:
8 Minute(s)
Keywords: U.S. History, grade 11, tutorial, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Amendments, suffrage, voting rights, 15th Amendment, grandfather clauses, poll taxes, Giles Decision, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act 1965, Brown v. Board of Education, Plessy v. Ferguson, segregation, separate but equal, Jim Crow
Instructional Component Type(s):
Tutorial,
Video/Audio/Animation,
Resource Collection:
Social Studies - U.S. History Existing Student Tutorials