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Creating a Plan for Reconstruction (en español)
In Spanish, this handout serves as a guide to students as they make a plan for Reconstruction that balances the goals of healing and justice.
![Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1865_PardonFranchiseColumbiaShallItrustthesemenandnotthisman_FH2125825.jpg?h=5d059bf2&itok=rLpFJ0P6)
Viewing Guide for "The Political Struggle" (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contains questions that guide students' viewing and prompt discussion on the video "The Political Struggle."
![A photograph of Andrew Johnson.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/03751u.jpg?h=8c44f663&itok=SOBBoTvF)
Protecting Democracy (en español)
A congressional representative argues that the federal government should have the power to prosecute individuals who commit intimidation.
![Cartoon showing violence and dead bodies at polling place with two men shaking hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/figure_178_Nast_vs_Greeley.png?h=a44ae31d&itok=5rVecj0T)
Analyzing the Causes of Klan Violence (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contains an iceberg diagram that helps students analyze the causes of violence by the Ku Klux Klan.
![Black and white photo of the house committee](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_House_Committee_Investigating_KKK_2021_FH2177934.jpg?h=a9a611f7&itok=-pUVaIhR)
Changing Public Opinion in the North Mini-Lecture (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contain key points for a mini-lecture on the factors that caused white Northern public opinion to shift against Reconstruction.
![Image of the Wall Street Newspaper reading "Panic in Stocks Yesterday"](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Democracy_1873_Wall_Street_Panic_Newspaper_Article_FH21392.jpg?h=9cbee7f4&itok=VFZ2dkV-)
Changing Public Opinion in the North Note-Taking (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides space for students to take notes as they listen your mini-lecture on shifting public opinion against Reconstruction.
![A picture of the clash between the (racially integrated) Police and the (segregationist) White League on Canal Street](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_Attack_Police_New_Orleans_1874_FH21332.jpg?h=9536fd13&itok=TJx2upB3)
Wendell Phillips Speaks Out in Support of Reconstruction (en español)
In Spanish, this speech by abolitionist Wendell Phillips illustrate the shift in public opinion about Reconstruction in the North.
![Photograph of the House of Representatives chamber](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_1865_House_Representatives_Chamber_FH21273.jpg?h=6c27dd9d&itok=vOfIt-5L)
"Of Course He Votes the Democratic Ticket” (en español)
Wood engraving by Thomas Nast from Harper’s Weekly (1876)
![This cartoon depicts the intimidation techniques that the Democratic Party used to suppress southern black votes in the election of 1876.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_1876_OfCourseHeVotesDemocraticTicket_FH140924.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=yGulA3CJ)
We Need a New American Founding (en español)
In Spanish, Scholar Eddie S. Glaude draws from the history of Reconstruction and the the Civil Rights movement to call for a “new American founding.”
![The image of late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is projected on the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/John_Lewis_Projected_Lee_Monument_Richmond_2020_FH2133438.jpg?h=31c0c765&itok=0SZs7dfW)
The Declaration of Independence Excerpt (en español)
This short excerpt from the Declaration of Independence allows students to explore the ideals within the founding document. This resource is in Spanish.
![Image of the US Declaration of Independence](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/master-rbc-rbc0001-2004-2004pe76546-001.jpg?h=6399e814&itok=EyG2saN1)
An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, 1833 (heavily abridged) (en español)
This heavily abridged primary source is from Native American (Pequot) minister William Apess, an advocate for racial equality and the rights of Native Americans. This resource is in Spanish.
![Mr. William Apes, A Native Missionary Of The Pequot Tribe Of Indians, Frontispiece](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/5188591.jpg?h=60e037a2&itok=Zk1uScTF)