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Lesson 5: 7.5: Reconstruction: An Overview- What was Reconstruction?
- What is the constitutional legacy of Reconstruction?
- What powers did the Reconstruction Amendments grant to the national government?
- Info Brief: Overview of Reconstruction
- Celebrating Our Nation’s Second Founding
- Women of Reconstruction: Susie King Taylor, Harriet Jacobs, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- The Black Codes: A Clip From FOURTEEN
- Primary Source: Black Codes (1865)
- What divided President Johnson and the Republican Congress at the height of Reconstruction?
- Primary Source: Charles Sumner, One Man Power vs. Congress (1866)
- Primary Source: The Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (1866)
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What powers did the Reconstruction Amendments grant to the national government?
Heather Gerken talks about the powers the Reconstruction Amendments granted to the national government.
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