Presidential Reconstruction: Black Codes & Sharecropping

In this lesson, students learn about the first chapter of Reconstruction- Presidential Reconstruction. It covers the Freedmen's Bureau, "40 acres and a mule," Black Codes, and sharecropping. 

THIS VIDEO-LESSON INCLUDES:

1) Interactive, Follow-Along Notesheet
2) Quick Quiz
3) Extension Activity

Extension Activity

After the video and optional quiz, students analyze two primary source Black Codes, to determine if African Americans in the South were actually free.

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