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AP U.S. History Prep Episode #6 | The Civil War and Reconstruction (1844-1877)

Grade
6–12
Duration
59 min
Topics
Constitution, Slavery, African American History, Congress, Justice, Segregation
Published
May 11, 2020
A man presenting a webinar on the Civil War and Reconstruction, with related graphics and text on screen.

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Founding Principles

Representative/Republican Government, Consent of the Governed, Equality, Majority Rule/Minority Rights

Virtues

Courage, Justice, Self-Governance

About this video

In this episode, we will discuss the causes of the Civil War, examine the major controversies of the 1850s and the key events of the Civil War, such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Emancipation Proclamation, and compare Presidential Reconstruction and Radical Reconstruction.

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