CHAPTER 19: Reconstruction "An American Visionary"

Introduction
Students have read about the attempts of African Americans to better their lives after the Civil War. In this lesson, students will learn more about Frederick Douglass, who worked to achieve greater rights for the nation's African Americans.

Lesson Description
Students will read about Frederick Douglass on the National Park Service Web site. They will examine several aspects of his life and work and then answer questions about what they have read.

Instructional Objective
Students will be able to identify Douglass's contributions to the cause of greater civil rights for women and African Americans.

Student Web Activity Answers
1. ability to read
2. U.S. Marshal of the District of Columbia; U.S. Minister to Haiti 3. African-American males
4. He participated in the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, helping feminist leaders draft their Declaration of Sentiments.

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