1865-1951

"Offers 12 different views on post-Civil War America. Each page explores what happened during Reconstruction and how it affected different people, and includes interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images."--Provided by publisher.

During the Reconstruction era, the United States attempted to rebuild itself after the end of both slavery and the Civil War. Despite some successes by Congress to secure the rights for newly freed African Americans through civil rights acts and constitutional amendments, racial conflicts plagued the South. Northerners believed the only way to resolve this was to leave the Southerners to manage their own affairs. In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew federal troops from the South, officially ending Reconstruction. The consequences of this, however, would echo throughout U.S. history, ushering in decades of Jim Crow laws and segregation. In this book, students will read primary-source materials from presidents, congressmen, white Northerners and Southerners, and African Americans.

A book for middle school students about the Reconstruction that followed the Civil War.

Examines the events after the Civil War, known as reconstruction, and the challenges faced by politicians in rebuilding the Union. Discusses the early stages of bringing civil rights to recently freed slaves, and provides a broad overview of the challenges and successes of rebuilding the nation with different racial and federal government priorities. Includes a timeline, a glossary, maps, archival images, and resources for further information.

An exploration of African-American activism from 1850 through 1950 that focuses on events in the South and discusses key themes, moments, and individuals.

A history of African-Americans in the years of the Jim Crow laws of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at how African-American southerners struggled, worked, tried to educate themselves, and learned to live with the subordination and separation of their race.

Viney looks forward to letters from her friend, Missy Violet, who is away in Florida, while she tries to carry on with their efforts to comfort ailing neighbors, but the loss of her favorite teacher and her cousin Charles's mischievous antics cause Viney further turmoil.

A mother-daughter relationship that spans several generations and images the effect of time and change on individual lives.