WNET CPB
The Reconstruction Amendments

Organize Your Work

You will now use Organize It to outline a summary of what you have learned. 
You should include evidence, including relevant quotations, from the videos and primary sources in the lesson.

To begin, you can review your notes in “My Work” as well as any of the videos from the lesson.

Keyboard Shortcut Action
Space Pause/Play video playback
Enter Pause/Play video playback
m Mute/Unmute video volume
Up and Down arrows Increase and decrease volume by 10%
Right and Left arrows Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9 Fast seek to x% of the video.
f Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c Press c to toggle captions on or off
Keyboard Shortcut Action
Space Pause/Play video playback
Enter Pause/Play video playback
m Mute/Unmute video volume
Up and Down arrows Increase and decrease volume by 10%
Right and Left arrows Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9 Fast seek to x% of the video.
f Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c Press c to toggle captions on or off

Use “Organize It!” to arrange your notes. 
Use these questions to help structure your essay:

  •  What are the key provisions of the Reconstruction Amendments?
  •  Why were these amendments important to African Americans after the Civil War?
  • What progress were African Americans able to make during Reconstruction? 
  • Why did Reconstruction end? 
  • How did African Americans respond to the rise of Jim Crow segregation?