United States History to 1877

Civil War and Reconstruction: 1860s to 1877

USI.10

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American life by

a)analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America;
b) describing the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South and North;
c) describing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass.

NOTE: The Virginia Board of Education adopted the revised 2008 History and Social Science Standards of Learning at the January 10, 2008, meeting. Full implementation of these documents is scheduled for the 2010-2011 school year, as outlined in Superintendent’s Memorandum Informational Number 49. In the revised SOL, United States History I will be taught through 1865 and U.S. History II will encompass 1865 to the present.

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