We will identify significant events and issues during the Reconstruction period -- the years after the Civil War (1865 to 1877) and explain their impact on Texas and African-Americans. 

We will describe the differences between Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction. 

We will explain the political, economic, and social effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction. 

We will identify how the Radical Republicans felt toward the Southern states and describe the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau and its impact on the South.