Section 5: Civil War and Reconstruction

Section 5: Civil War and Reconstruction 1860 - 1877
Fasttrack to America's Past

Click on the links below:

	Pages in Section 5
	Teacher Key - for Section 5
	Map - for completing the map page
	Vocabulary - glossary for Section 5

Suggested historical videos for this section

America: The Story of Us video series on DVD, the episode titled "Civil War."

Other resources
to explore

Students: Check with your
parents for permission before visiting Internet links.

The Civil War -

Fort Sumter
Manassas National Battlefield
Women soldiers of the Civil War
African American soldiers / Recruitment Poster (Click on the poster image to get a large version for printing.)
Gettysburg Battlefield
Emancipation Proclamation (text)
Lincoln's draft of the Gettysburg Address
Surrender / Appomattox Court House

The Reconstruction Era -

Historical photo sets and other resources

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