Gather Information about
Reconstruction
from a Variety of Sources

Internet Resources:

General

• Digital History
• Library of Congress, America's Story: Reconstruction
• Reconstruction: the Second Civil War

Freedmen Bureau

• Freedmen Bureau
• Freedmen, The Freed Slaves of the Civil War
• Freedman's Bureau

13th Amendment

• 13th Amendment
• Primary Document Image of 13th Amendment
  (Be sure to scroll down and read about the amendment and click on document transcript.)

Black Codes

• The Southern “Black Codes” of 1865-66
• Black Codes

Civil Rights Acts

• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Civil Rights Act of 1866

14th Amendment

• 14th Amendment
• Primary Document Image of 14th Amendment
  (Be sure to scroll down and read about the amendment and click on document transcript.)

15th Amendment

• 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution
• 15th Amendment  "The Right To Vote"  February 3, 1870
• Primary Document Image of 15th Amendment
  (Be sure to scroll down and read about the amendment and click on document transcript.)

Skills:

• Encountering the Task
• Using Internet Information
• Sifting and Sorting Information
• Exploring/Formulating/Questioning/Connecting
• Collecting/Organizing/Managing/Monitoring
• Analyzing/Evaluating/Interpreting/Inferring
• Synthesizing/Solving
• Applying New Understanding
• Communicating/Sharing/Presenting
• Reflecting/Extending

BCPS Databases

• Do a search using the BCPS/Maryland Digital Library Information Databases
• Type your topic in the search box below
  

• As you begin to search for information about your topic, develop a list of keywords and phrases that represent the most important aspects of this topic. Possible keywords include:
  • the name of the policy (enclose in quotation marks if more than one word)
  • Reconstruction
  • "American history" and the date(s)

Skills

• Searching/Locating Skills
• Collecting, Organizing, Managing & Monitoring

• Searching & Locating
• Collecting, Organizing, Managing & Monitoring