The Reconstruction Amendments

Investigate the Reconstruction Amendments and their role in combating discrimination with this three-page history worksheet! After reading some background information about Reconstruction and the discrimination in the Black Codes, budding historians will practice their primary source analysis with excerpts from the 13th, 14th, and 15 Amendments. Students will be tasked with answering both comprehension and analysis questions on the context and legal guarantees of the three Reconstruction Amendments. Finally, learners will make connections between the discrimination inherent in the Black Code laws and the Reconstruction Amendments designed to protect against them.