Enrichment Materials: Civil War/ Reconstruction
These enrichment materials build upon concepts introduced in US History and Advanced US History courses. They incorporate and link perspectives from a myriad of voices throughout this period.
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First-person narratives of Southerners during the Civil War era, especially those whose voices were not well represented at the time - women, enlisted men, laborers, African Americans, and Native Americans
First-person narratives of Southerners during the Civil War era, especially those whose voices were not well represented at the time - women, enlisted men, laborers, African Americans, and Native Americans
Materials detailing the role of women in the war
Slave narratives and photographs
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Document explaining the relationship between slaves and the American judicial system
Life in the Confederate States
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The papers of Confederate president Jefferson Davis
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A Confederate man, Evan Jones Walker, describing “Yankee Horrors”
Photo of wounded Native American sharpshooters in the Civil War
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Transcribed documents from the debates surrounding Virginia's secession
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RECONSTRUCTION
Marxism in the Reconstruction era
Black Republican leader requesting protection during era of Reconstruction
Black Officeholders in the South during Reconstruction
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Leroy Dean discussing vigilantes in Texas post-war
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The papers of Frederick Douglass
Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan
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"This is a White Man's Government," political cartoon by Thomas Nast
Codes against African-Americans in the South after the abolition of slavery
The Louisiana White League Platform​
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"Should Andrew Johnson be Impeached?"
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The papers of Ulysses S. Grant
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