The document discusses the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877. It introduces the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments which ended slavery, granted citizenship to African Americans, and extended voting rights to African Americans. Important figures of the period mentioned are Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass.

1. Civil War Reconstruction
1865-1877

2. Good Examples

3. Reconstruction Era Amendments
13th Amendment
Ended Slavery

4. Reconstruction Era Amendments
14th Amendment
Granted Citizenship to
African Americans

5. Reconstruction Era Amendments
15th Amendment
Extends the Right to Vote to
African Americans

6. Important People of the Period
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United
States

7. Important People of the Period
Robert E. Lee
Commander of the Confederate Army
of Northern Virginia

8. Important People of the Period
Frederick Douglass
African American Social Reformer