Reconstruction's Challenges and Successes
8th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can describe the key challenges and successes of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
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After emancipation, many Black Americans established black schools and colleges to gain independence and promote education.
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The system of sharecropping often turned into a form of coerced servitude for both Black and poor white individuals in the South.
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The Compromise of 1877 led to the removal of federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction and allowing Democrats to regain dominance.