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List of Benchmarks for United States History 
 Standard 15.Understands how various reconstruction plans succeeded or failed
  
Topics1. Reconstruction policies; 2. Role of individuals in history
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 3.Understands the lives of African Americans during the Reconstruction era (e.g., the progress of "Black Reconstruction" and the impact of legislative reform programs, contributions of individual African Americans who served as teachers and political leaders, why some abolition leaders voiced opposition to the 15th amendment)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  lives of African Americans (Reconstruction era)
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands the progress of "Black Reconstruction" during the Reconstruction era   
  2. Understands the impact of legislative reform programs during the Reconstruction era   
  3. Understands the contributions of individual African Americans who served as teachers   
  4. Understands the contributions of individual African Americans who served as political leaders   
  5. Understands why some abolition leaders voiced opposition to the 15th amendment   


Citation Log: BD(BE,102;​AE,132)
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