The Reconstruction

Study the Reconstruction Era using Online Video

Use these 2 online educational video titles to explore the difficulties of rebuilding a nation torn asunder by civil war. These videos examine the United States in the decades following the Civil War. Learn about the efforts of freed slaves and their Republican allies to gain equality in post-war America, and trace the stubborn attempts of the South to suppress the rights of blacks through elaborate legal codes and intimidation.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the rebuilding of the South in the decade following the Civil War, and discuss the provisions of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.
• Survey the social and political impact of Reconstruction in both the North and South, and examine the forces that finally brought an end to the Reconstruction era.
• Learn about the efforts to gain equality for freed slaves, and trace the attempts of the South to suppress the rights of blacks through elaborate legal codes and intimidation.
• Gain insight to the successes, and also the setbacks, resulting from the Reconstruction era, an emerging industrial period - commonly associated with the terms "carpetbagger" and "robber baron"- that shaped, for many decades, political parties and alliances, racial practices, and the economy of the South.

• History > American History > Reconstruction
• The Road to Reconstruction (Runtime: 18:02)
• The Politics of Reconstruction (Runtime: 15:39)