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Arts and humanities US history The Civil War era (1844-1877) Reconstruction

Reconstruction

    • An overview and the 13th Amendment
    • Life after slavery for African Americans
    • Black Codes
    • The First KKK
    • The Freedmen's Bureau
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    • The 14th Amendment
    • The 15th Amendment
    • The Compromise of 1877
    • Failure of Reconstruction
    • Comparing the effects of the Civil War on American national identity
    • Practice: Reconstruction
Arts and humanities·US history·The Civil War era (1844-1877)·Reconstruction

The Freedmen's Bureau

APUSH: KC‑5.3.II.C (KC), PCE (Theme), Unit 5: Learning Objective K
Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau to economically and politically empower freed people after the Civil War.

Reconstruction

    • An overview and the 13th Amendment
    • Life after slavery for African Americans
    • Black Codes
    • The First KKK
    • The Freedmen's Bureau
      This is the currently selected item.
    • The 14th Amendment
    • The 15th Amendment
    • The Compromise of 1877
    • Failure of Reconstruction
    • Comparing the effects of the Civil War on American national identity
    • Practice: Reconstruction
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