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List of Benchmarks for United States History 
 Standard 15.Understands how various reconstruction plans succeeded or failed
  
Topics1. Political controversy over Reconstruction; 2. Role of individuals in history
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 1.Understands military, political, and social factors affecting the post Civil War period (e.g., the basic provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and the political and social forces that opposed and supported them, how the lives of African Americans were changed by these amendments; demobilization of the Union and Confederate armies; how the leadership of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson affected reconstruction)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  effects on the post Civil War period
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands military factors affecting the post Civil War period   
  2. Understands political factors affecting the post Civil War period   
  3. Understands social factors affecting the post Civil War period   
  4. Understands the basic provisions of the 13th amendment   
  5. Understands the basic provisions of the 14th amendment   
  6. Understands the basic provisions of the 15th amendment   
  7. Understands the political forces that opposed supporting the post Civil War amendments   
  8. Understands the social forces that opposed the post Civil War amendments   
  9. Understands the political forces that supported the post Civil War amendments   
  10. Understands the social forces that supported the post Civil War amendments   
  11. Understands how the lives of African Americans were changed by the post Civil War amendments   
  12. Knows about demobilization of the Union army   
  13. Knows about demobilization of the Confederate army   
  14. Understands how the leadership of President Lincoln affected reconstruction   
  15. Understands how the leadership of President Johnson affected reconstruction   


Citation Log: BD(BE,102;​AE,128;​LE,106,109;​LI,113;​NE,21)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
A   NCHS: U.S. History, Expanded Edition
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
L   Lessons from History
N   NAEP: Framework 2006

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document