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Section 4: Reconstruction and Its Effects

The Internet contains a wealth of information, but sometimes it's a little tricky to find what you need. By using the preselected Web sites provided below you will be able to narrow your search, answer assigned questions, and save precious time. Simply follow the links to find valuable research materials and activity support. There's a lot of information in here, happy hunting!

Andrew Johnson: Seventeenth President, 1865–1869 http://www.whitehouse.gov/ history/ presidents/ aj17.html
Short biography of the president, with a link to a biography of his wife, Eliza McArdle Johnson.

Persistence of the Spirit http://www.aristotle.net/ persistence/ index.html
Interpretive study of people and events that have contributed to the black experience in Arkansas, presented by the Arkansas Humanities Resource Center. The section "First Freedom" in the Historical Narrative pages deals specifically with Reconstruction.

A Hundred Years of Terror http://www.iupui.edu/ ~aao/ kkk.html
Extensive examination of the Ku Klux Klan and its activities, prepared by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Hiram Rhoades Revels http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ nc/ bio/ afro/ revels.htm
Biography of the first African American elected to the U. S. Senate.

Slave Narratives http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ aia/ educational/ yag/ yagweb.html
Excerpts from slave narratives and other material on slavery and abolitionism from multiple sources.