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SSUSH10Reconstruction Era Dimensions

Identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.

Appears in: Social Studies, High School

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Expectations

  • SSUSH10.a

    Compare and contrast Presidential Reconstruction with Congressional Reconstruction, including the significance of Lincoln's assassination and Johnson's impeachment.

  • SSUSH10.b

    Investigate the efforts of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (the Freedmen's Bureau) to support poor whites, former slaves, and American Indians.

  • SSUSH10.c

    Describe the significance of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments.

  • SSUSH10.d

    Explain the Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, and other forms of resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction.

  • SSUSH10.e

    Analyze how the Presidential Election of 1876 marked the end of Reconstruction.

Georgia Milestones coverage

  • US History (EOC) · New Republic through Reconstruction

    New Republic through Reconstruction

    about 20% of the test · 9 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.