1. Investigate the events surrounding President Lincoln's assassination. What parallels have others identified between the assassinations of McKinley and Kennedy?

2. Analyze and differentiate the land distribution programs of the Reconstruction era and the Homestead Act.

3. The Bibbs family is affected by typhoid. What are the symptoms, causes, and treatments of this disease? Is it still a significant health threat today?

4. Freed slaves were not treated as equals to their white counterparts. In the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separate schools for Black students were acceptable if the facilities were of equal quality. Look into the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which ultimately changed this policy.

5. Examine the terms of contracts signed by indentured servants in Colonial America and compare them to the Black Codes in the South post-Civil War. In what ways were they similar, and how did they differ?

6. Research the impact of two Supreme Court decisions on African Americans. First, explore how and why the Supreme Court overturned the 1875 Civil Rights Act in 1883, then investigate how and why this ruling was again overturned in 1964.

7. Who were the Abolitionists? What roles did they play during the Civil War and in the Reconstruction period following the war?