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Standard USHC-3.2

USHC-3.2 - Summarize the course of the Civil War and its impact on democracy, including the major turning points; the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation; the unequal treatment afforded to African American military units; the geographic, economic, and political factors in the defeat of the Confederacy; and the ultimate defeat of the idea of secession.

Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

The "Buffalo Soldiers": Contributions of the first African-American soldiers in the U.S. Army

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The "Buffalo Soldiers": Contributions of the first African-American soldiers in the U.S. Army

In this lesson, students will learn the history of this group of patriotic, but little-known African American soldiers that were organized in the mid-1800s, right after the Civil War. Two different...