Give students the background they need to understand the complex issues of Reconstruction after the Civil War. Broadsides, newspaper pages, handwritten copies of Constitutional amendments, political cartoons and contemporary illustrations bring to life the intense political and social battles that shaped the era — from the freedmen’s struggle for jobs, schools, land reform and political power to the formation and ultimate overthrow of the Radical Reconstruction governments. Historian: Milton Meltzer, adapted by Muriel L. Dubois. The contents of this Jackdaw feature: