US History Academic Standards
USH 1.1 Explain the constitutional issues that arise in the post-Civil War era including federalism, separation of powers, and the system of checks and balances.
Oklahoma History Center Education Resources
Traveling Trunk
Civil War in Indian Territory
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
James L. Huston, "The Civil War Era"
William D. Pennington, "Reconstruction Treaties"
Linda Reese, "Freedmen"
Mary Jane Warde, "Civil War Refugees"
Research Center Resources
Lary C. Rampp and Donald L. Rampp, The Civil War in the Indian Territory (Austin, TX: Presidial Press, 1975).
Audio/Visual
"Photograph of Robert E. Lee" https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1593618/
"Civil War Period' https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc745235/
"General Robert E. Lee's Oath of Allegiance, Citizenship Restoration" https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc752639/
"Men and Women of the Sixties" https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc762659/
"Photograph of a statue of President Abraham Lincoln, by Vinnie Ream" https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1595883/
Online Primary Sources
"The Constitution of the United States," National Archives
"Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865," Library of Congress
"The Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson," Library of Congress
"Pardon," Harper's Weekly, August 5, 1865
"Reconstruction and How it Works," Harper's Weekly, September 1, 1866
Additional Resources
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
"The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Through Harper's Weekly"
"Teaching Separation of Powers," National Archives, DocsTeach
"Constitutional Issues: Separation of Powers," National Archives
"Separation of Power with Checks and Balances," Documents of Freedom
Federalism, Smithsonian's History Explorer
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