Civil War Project

This Civil War Project was my humanities final, focusing on the evolution of civil rights following the Civil War and the rise of segregation in the South. The project was written in ReactJS, featuring a slideshow feature and modern-ish styling. This is my first self-oriented project using any web framework.

See the finalized project in action on my website!

Content and Slides

The project features thirteen slides, presented in the order of their origination or ratification/enactment date.

1. Intro Slide - Project introduction slide
2. Reconstruction Era - Describes the period following the Civil War
3. Black Codes - Discusses Southern anti-black laws
4. Civil Rights Act of 1866 - Summarizes the first major pro-civil rights law in the United States
5. Reconstruction Amendments - Details the 13th, 14th, and 15th amenment
6. Enforcement Acts - Explains laws enacted to counter racial violence
7. Civil Rights Act of 1875 - Summarizes another (failed) civil rights law in the United States
8. Post-Reconstruction Era - Covers the aftermath/ending of the Reconstruction era
9. Civil Rights Cases of 1883 - Reviews a supreme court decision overruling the 1875 act
10. Plessy V. Ferguson (1896) - Describes a landmark supreme court case regarding segregation
11. Jim Crow Laws - Introduces the laws enforcing segregation in the South
12. Summary - Recaps the contents of the project
13. Citations - Project citations for authenticity, see below
14. Mock Trial - An interactive portion executed during the presentation

Cloning and Executing

To clone and host the website successfully, make sure Node, npm, and your system are up to date. Then, do the following:

git clone https://github.com/bqbbo/civil-war-project.git [dir]
cd [dir]
npm i
npm start

To create a production-ready build, use npm run build.

Citations

Citations are also available on slide thirteen. Citations are in MLA format.

• Benson, Sonia, et al. "Fourteenth Amendment." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History, vol. 3, UXL, 2009, pp. 577-80. Gale in Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3048900229/MSIC?u=poway_bh&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=2390d437. Accessed 22 May 2025.

• —. "Radical Republicans." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History, vol. 7, UXL, 2009, pp. 1285-86. Gale in Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3048900505/MSIC?u=poway_bh&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=f2630b40. Accessed 22 May 2025.

• —. "Thirteenth Amendment." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History, vol. 8, UXL, 2009, pp. 1553-55. Gale in Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3048900610/MSIC?u=poway_bh&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=24071897. Accessed 22 May 2025.

• "Black Codes." History, www.history.com/articles/black-codes. Accessed 29 May 2025.

• "Civil Rights Act of 1875, 'An Act to Protect All Citizens in Their Civil and Legal Rights.'" National Constitution Center, constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/civil-rights-act-of-1875-march-1-1875-an-act-to-protect-all-citizens-in-their-civil-and-legal-rights. Accessed 30 May 2025.

• "Civil Rights Act of 1866." Britannica, www.britannica.com/topic/Civil-Rights-Act-United-States-1866. Accessed 29 May 2025.

• "Confederate Soldiers." Britannica, cdn.britannica.com/24/187924-050-D8384718/Andrew-Johnson-soldiers-Confederate-White-House-Washington-1865.jpg. Accessed 31 May 2025.

• "The First Vote." Coursehero, assets.coursehero.com/study-guides/lumen/images/ushistory2ay/politics-of-reconstruction-2/15_The_First_Vote_LC-DIG-ppmsca-37947-1000x5623.jpg. Accessed 31 May 2025.

• "Here Lies Jim Crow." NatGeofe, i.natgeofe.com/n/0ab72699-cdb0-4a3c-b161-bc0bc1936fe0/1jimcrow.jpg. Accessed 21 May 2025.

• "KKK Burning a Cross." Britannica, cdn.britannica.com/41/190741-050-86537C0E/cross-Ku-Klux-Klan-Tennessee-1948.jpg. Accessed 31 May 2025.

• "Law and African Americans: After the Civil War." UXL Multicultural: A Comprehensive Resource on African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native North Americans, UXL, 2003. Gale in Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2107200198/MSIC?u=poway_bh&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=a5ea9c54. Accessed 22 May 2025.

• Murphy, Richard W. The Nation Reunited: War's Aftermath. Time-Life Books, 1987.

• Naden, Corinne J., and Rose Blue. Civil War Ends: Assassination, Reconstruction, and the Aftermath. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2000.

• "Oct. 22, 1883: Frederick Douglass Denounces Supreme Court Ruling." Zinn Education Project, www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/frederick-douglass-denounces-supreme-court-ruling. Accessed 31 May 2025.

• "Plessy v. Ferguson." History, www.history.com/articles/plessy-v-ferguson. Accessed 31 May 2025.

• Wright, Kianna. "The Enforcement Act of 1870 (1870-1871)." BlackPast, 12 Dec. 2019, www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-enforcement-act-of-1870-1870-1871/. Accessed 31 May 2025.