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American National Biography Online: Armstrong, Samuel Chapman

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Samuel C. Armstrong, founder of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute during Reconstruction, to educate African Americans after the Civil War. Hampton is now Hampton University.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The Compromise of 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how the Compromise of 1877 settled the contested 1876 presidential election, declaring Rutherford B. Hayes the winner while agreeing to withdraw federal troops from the South. This paved the way for the South to enact Jim Crow...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Latino Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Section overview on the Latino Movement in which Hispanic Americans pushed for civil rights in post World War II America.