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Brush-ink historical comic of Andrew Johnson, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, the Senate’s 35–19 impeachment trial vote, House charges, and congressional Reconstruction voter registration.

Congressional Reconstruction and Johnson’s Impeachment

Review Congressional Reconstruction and Johnson’s impeachment for CLEP. Separate the laws, charges and Senate outcome with four practice questions.

Crayon and watercolor sketchbook comic distinguishing the Thirteenth Amendment’s abolition in 1865, the Fourteenth’s citizenship and equal protection in 1868, and the Fifteenth’s racial voting protections in 1870.

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

Review the Reconstruction Amendments for CLEP: abolition, citizenship, equal protection and racial voting rights. Compare their scope with four questions.

Chalk-pastel and sepia comic contrasting restrictive Black Code labor contracts with federal civil protections for contracts, property, and court access under the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Black Codes and the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Woodcut and tempera comic of a freed family studying a family record, a reunited couple, community schoolbuilding, and a worker negotiating a contract with a Freedmen’s Bureau agent.

The Freedmen’s Bureau and the Meanings of Freedom

Crosshatched watercolor comic separating Lincoln’s wartime proposal from Johnson’s postwar clash with Congress, with freed families, a Black Union veteran, petitions, and southern rebuilding.

The Postwar Problem: Lincoln, Johnson, and Competing Reconstructions