L23 - Blacks Struggle for Equal Rights - Lessons on American Government
L23 - Blacks Struggle for Equal Rights - Lessons on American Government

OBJECTIVE:
To understand how African Americans experienced both gains and setbacks in their struggle for equality between 1865 and the early 1900s.

TIME:
1 class period

L23 - Blacks Struggle for Equal Rights - Lessons on American Government
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In this activity, students read through a series of sentences about Black Americans' struggle for equal rights. Class members must fill in the blank in each statement by rearranging scrambled letters to form a key word, name, or term.

The sentences are arranged into the following sections:

  • Overview
  • New Amendments
  • Freedmen's Bureau
  • New Southern State Governments and the Black Codes
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • Reconstruction Governments
  • Southern Democrats Regain Power
  • Setbacks for Black Americans

Easy-to-follow Teacher Instructions and answer key included, along with a 20-question follow up quiz to measure student progress. The quiz can also be given as a homework assignment.