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U.s. History: Rebuilding the Old Order

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Reconstruction in the South engendered corruption, greed, a poor economy, and a backlash against the idea of allowing freed slaves to take part in political and civic life. Read about the formation of paramilitary groups who attempted to control African-Americans through violence, and the impostion of laws that denied African-Americans the right to vote.

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carpetbaggers, literacy tests, poll taxes, scalawags, ushistory.org, fifteenth amendment, independence hall association, ku klux klan, ohio h.cwr.14, reaction to reconstruction, violence against african-americans, white supremacy groups
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional