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To What Extent was Reconstruction a Revolution? (Part 1)

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Weighing the Evidence

To what extent was Reconstruction a revolution? After the Civil War, there were many changes throughout the country, especially relating to the rights of the newly freed slaves. But some features of society ended up not really changing much at all.

In this activity, you will investigate these changes by analyzing historical congressional records relating to the rights of African Americans and organizing the evidence by placing the documents on the scale according to which interpretation they support. The documents used in this activity come from the historical records records of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

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