The Ku Klux Klan and Reconstruction

After the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the U.S. struggled to rebuild. Racial tensions persist, most especially in the South.




This video focuses on Reconstruction. Notice when the Klan became active and why .

The Great Depression

WGBH American Experience . Riding the Rails | PBS: Timeline: Timeline of the Great Depression

View these PBS videos about the Great Depression:

Southern Plantations and Sharecropping

Watch some video resources to learn about the South's plantation system and slave economy.



Explore the practice of sharecropping.



This video focuses on Reconstruction. Pay attention to the first Reconstruction. This is the part that is most relevant to your topic.

Jim Crow Laws

Watch some videos that explain the significance of the term Jim Crow, the era of Jim Crow, and the Jim Crow Laws, the American equivalent of racial apartheid.






This video focuses on Reconstruction, but sheds some light on Jim Crow Laws.

This site on Black History month has some good information. Click: A Brief History Jim Crow