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Copper-ink archival comic of a modern history student examining a long study document with land, credit and courts tabs beside an 1877 card, highlighting questions about power and Reconstruction’s retreat.

End of Reconstruction: Sharecropping, Courts and 1877

Review the end of Reconstruction for CLEP U.S. History I: sharecropping, crop-lien credit, court decisions and 1877, with a source table and practice.

Ochre and navy brush-pen comic of a modern history student holding a ballot and law book beside study cards for political violence, Enforcement Acts and courts, exploring protection of voting rights during Reconstruction.

Enforcement Acts: Political Violence During Reconstruction

Review the Enforcement Acts, white supremacist violence, Colfax and Cruikshank for CLEP U.S. History I, with a comparison table and original practice.

Emerald and coral pastel illustration of a Black voter, Black and white local officeholders and a Black teacher welcoming children, showing Reconstruction participation through voting, service and public education.

Black Political Participation During Reconstruction

Olive, violet and apricot handwritten comic of study cards 13, 14 and 15 representing abolition, citizenship and equal protection, and race-based voting protections, with a reminder to check textual limits.

Reconstruction Amendments: 13th, 14th and 15th Compared

Salmon and blue watercolor comic of a student comparing Black Codes restricting labor and movement with the 1866 act protecting contracts, courts and property, without guaranteeing voting.

Black Codes and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 Explained

Plum and orange hand-drawn pop-up book showing freedpeople’s priorities of family, education, fair work and access to land, with a reminder that Bureau support had limits and land was not guaranteed.

Freedmen’s Bureau: Labor, Land, Education and Family

Brick-red and steel-blue pen-and-ink comic of the White House and Capitol presenting competing Reconstruction blueprints: Johnson’s pardons and rapid restoration versus congressional rights and readmission conditions.

Presidential vs. Congressional Reconstruction: Plans Compared