|
Ms Marijke Albers
Humpty Dumpty Reconstruction Resources
Humpty Dumpty Reconstruction - Resources
Overview & Point of View
Timeline that provides a good overview of the era.
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/amciv/ReconTLine.htm
Confederate Military History: This site gives the Southern point of view regarding Reconstruction. The introduction cautions the reader that there is a definite Southern bias in this material. The site also contains links to other "biased" information such as the Presidential Plan, Johnson's Reconstruction, Congressional Reconstruction and carpetbaggers.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/reconstruction.htm
This site gives a general overview of Reconstruction in outline form. It is a good
place for teachers and students to get a starting point.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/index.htm
This site is a short thesis paper and provides a very good overview of issues related to Reconstruction.
http://www.beaconschool.org/~rgrullon/reconstruction.html
New Nation News. This is a very good chronology of the Reconstruction Era.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Chronology.html
Carpetbaggers & Scalawags
Electronic Encyclopedia information about Carpetbaggers. This page also has links to other pertinent topics for this project. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c1/carpetba.asp
Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags. This site is an advertisement for a book by the same name, but it does give a general overview of the terms.
http://www.alabamablackhistory.com/scalawag/scalawag1.htm
An excellent site by the Alabama department of archives and history, this site provides a good overview of the scalawag compliments of retired University of Alabama professor Dr. Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins. This site provides important information in a quick and easy bullet outline. Also included are suggested activities and a bibliography section.
http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec27.html
Carpetbaggers
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/civilwar/16/carpetbaggers.html
Jim Crow
Gives a brief yet thorough explanation of Jim Crow Laws with numerous links to relevant topics.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws
Teaching History Online. Interesting pictures and useful links such as Ida Wells, Plessy v. Ferguson, etc.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm
Jim Crow Laws
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm
Panic of 1873
PBS. This site is standard PBS quality and provides a good overview of the topic.
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/amciv/ReconTLine.htm
This site provides a short chronological overview of the events that led to the financial crash.
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/narr3.html
Black Codes
Teaching History Online. Great pictures and very useful links for Andrew Johnson, Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights Act of 1875, etc.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm
African American History. Good general information and an index for other related information.
http://afroamhistory.about.com/homework/afroamhistory/library/weekly/aa121900a.htm
Freedmans Bureau
Atlantic Online. This is an article written by W.E.B. DuBois. Very literary piece.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/01mar/dubois.htm
University Of Virginia. This site has a series of pictures that are actually links.
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Burning of Richmond, 1865
Richmond National Battlefield Park. Great description of the event
http://www.nps.gov/rich/ri_bats.htm
Civil War Richmond. This site provides a short overview and many links for detailed accounts. Just pick one.
http://www.mdgorman.com/Events/fall_of_richmond.htm
Memphis Race Riots
Freedmen's Bureau. Primary source documents provide accounts of the event.
http://freedmensbureau.com/tennessee/outrages/memphisriot.htm
Black Holocaust. This site has good information on the race riots.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/9912/lynchingera.html
Election of 1866 & Compromise of 1877
USA Chronology. This source provides a very good description of the event.
http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/USA/1877Comp.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/andrewjohnson/biography/printable.html
Military Reconstruction Acts, 1867
Teaching History Online. Good overview information and excellent links for topics such as 14th Amendment, Grant, Sumner, Radical Republicans, etc.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASreconstruction.htm
The Learning Network. Encyclopedic information with other links for Stanton and Tenure of Office Act.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860648.html
Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan
Teaching History Online. Good information and links for 13th Amendment, Andrew Johnson, Civil War, Lincoln etc.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASplan.htm
The Learning Nework. Encyclopedic information with an index for other related articles. Good links for lot of information on the Reconstruction.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860645.html
Wade Davis Reconstruction Plan
Teaching History Online. Good information and links for Wade, Davis, Thadeus Stevens, Lincoln, etc.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASwadedavis.htm
Soldier's Gazette. Lots of good information and some interesting biographical information on some of the more obscure people of this era.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7600/june99.html
Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan
Civil War Heritage Ring. Good overview information, links, and index but shows a Southern bias.
http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/AftermathAndReconstruction/johnsonsreconstruction.html
The Learning Network. Good information, plus links for other relevant information.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860646.html
Civil War Aftermath
The Civil War Home Page. Lots of statistics and facts.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm
American Civil War. Great chart of casualties and commanders for each battle.
http://americancivilwar.com/cwstats.html
Interactive Civil War. Excellent photojournalism of Civil War damage & destruction. Great links for a wealth of Civil War Information.
http://www.swcivilwar.com/DestructionPhotos.html
Force Acts 1870-1871
Primary source document with the actual text. There are links on this site for many other useful sites.
http://www.sagehistory.net/reconstruction/docs/ForceActsEx.htm
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034836
Civil Rights Acts & Constitutional Amendments
Library of Congress. Text of civil rights legislation from the Reconstruction Era.
http://rs6.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/civilwar/recontwo/recontwo.html
Brief explanation of each amendment and the date it was passed.
http://www.usconstitution.com/CivilRightsActs.htm
Biographies
Please use this site for the following biographies. John Wilkes Booth, Oliver Howard, Jefferson Davis, Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, Henry Adams, Hiram Revels, Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Salmon P. Chase, Edwin Stanton, Ulysses S. Grant, Albion Tourgee, Mary Church Terrell, Grimke Sisters
http://biography.com
Blanche K. Bruce
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/725/Blanche_K_Bruce_
Mississippis_first_Black_Senator
Sharecropping
American History Online: This site provides links for visuals (see below) and primary sources.
http://longman.awl.com/history/primarysources_16.htm
American History Online. Ibid.
http://longman.awl.com/history/visuals_16_1.htm
Electric Library. This site gives a good encyclopedic description of the term.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/sharecro.asp
|
