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keep blacks from voting and to keep them out of elected positions. them out of elected keep and to voting from blacks keep ndividual students or groups should present what they have learned about the men they studied. Questions to aid studied. Questions to learned about the men they have what they should present Individual students or groups include: the presentation within the C restrictions, voting how discuss As a class, 1861-1869, death records, military records, immigration records, city directories, U.S. C directories, city records, immigration military records, death records, 1861-1869, R

should start their research They documents and histories. their subject within historical students research Have them locate each man to about enough information gather to and online sources biographies, histories, within county including records documents, including: census the men in historical for search documents. Then within the historical U.S. F including records marriage schedules, birth records, slave the 1850 and 1860

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