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Reconstruction Lesson Packet
Essential Question:
1. Explain how Reconstruction redefined what it means to be an American:
Directions: Read the following SUMMARY of Reconstruction and answer the questions below:
Reconstruction refers both to the period in which the South was rebuilt after the Civil War and to the
various plans for rebuilding. Abraham Lincoln wanted to given generous terms to the South to encourage an
orderly restoration of the Union. Radical Republicans in Congress, however, wanted to punish the South.
Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. President Andrew Johnson’s plan required less change in the South
than Lincoln’s plan. The new Southern state governments passed black codes, depriving African Americans of
their civil rights. Congress, over Johnson’s veto, nullified the codes and passed constitutional amendments
guaranteeing equal rights. Radical Republicans took charge of Reconstruction. They placed Southern states
under military authority and required that they ratify the Fourteenth—“equal rights”—Amendment. They
impeached Johnson, but fell one vote short of removing him from office.
In 1869 war hero UIysses S. Grant became president. During Reconstruction African Americans held
major political offices. Southern Education improved and industry grew. A few Reconstruction officials were
corrupt, but most were not. Still, the Ku Klux Klan burned homes and murdered African Americans and whites
in the South. In the North, citizens tired of Reconstruction. Corruption in Grant’s administration split
Republicans, and Democrats regained control in the South. New Southern leaders, the “Redeemers,”
encouraged industry, but cut social services. Poll taxes and literacy tests kept poor African Americans from
voting, but “grandfather clauses” exempted whites. Jim Crow laws established segregation. In Plessy. V.
Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” facilities were legal.
1. Underline the Sentence that explains the definition of RECONSTRUCTION.
2. Compare and Contrast the 3 plans for Reconstruction: Match letters with proper description of plan
A. Radical Republicans
____ Generous to South
B. Andrew Johnson
_____ Punish South
C. Abraham Lincoln
______ Least amount of Change
3. Box the word that took away rights African-Americans.
4. What word/law from the reading matches the this sign?
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5. Put a =) by at least TWO positive changes for African Americans and a =( by two negative aspects of
Reconstruction.
6. Based on the Reading, SUMMARIZE the impact Reconstruction had on African-Americans
Vocabulary 2pts. (* Indicates Power Vocabulary)
Jim Crow Laws (p. 568)Freedmen’s Bureau (p. 556)Amnesty Carpetbaggers/Scalawags (p.564)*13th Amendment (p. 554)*14th Amendment (p. 561)-
*15th Amendment (p. 563)*Plessy v. Ferguson (p. 568 & 569)
Sharecroppers (p. 569)-
Challenges of Reconstruction:
Use pages 552-557 in the U.S. History book, pictures, graphs, and other handouts to describe
the challenges of Reconstruction:
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Objective #1: Differing Plans for Reconstruction
Write a what the word
RECONSTRUCTION
means in your own words:
Use context clues to
determine what a
“Southern Sympathizer”
would be:
A. RECONSTRUCTION
1. Lincoln’s Plan – “10% Plan”
a. 10% of Southern voters swear ________ & States
are let back into Union
b. _____________ southerners take charge
-Not tough enough
-Only Confed. Leaders banned
**Ex. J. Davis (Pres.) & Lee
c. Radical Republicans want to __________ South
**Say 10% Plan too easy
2. Lincoln Assassinated (April 4, 1865)
a. Ford’s Theatre -John Wilkes Boothe Southern
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b. Vice President Johnson becomes President:
1. Southern Senator (Tenn.)
2. Plan Called ________________
-Personal Grudge against South
-____ and ________ Southerners must ask the
president personally to be pardoned
1. Compare and contrast the different plans for Reconstruction. Which plan was easiest for the south? Which
political party took charge and who in the south belonged to that party? What steps had to be taken for a southern state
to re-enter the Union under each plan??(U.S. Ch. 17 pgs. 552-560)
3. Congress has other ideas & takes control of Reconstruction, called _________
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1. Radical Republicans in Charge
a. Want to ________ South
b. Have total control of ___________
2. Plan for Reconstruction
a. Divide South into ____________ ___________
**Military will run the south
b. Confed. leaders cannot hold office
c. States must make new Constitutions
**Constitutions to be approved by ___________**
3. ______________ (charged) Johnson
a. Disobeyed Laws Congress had passed
b. Impeached by House (accused)
c. ____________ by Senate- By one Vote
4. Results of Radical Reconstruction
a. Blacks Vote (____________ by Army)
b. Schools for Blacks and Whites
c. Black _______________ (2 Senators)
Objective #2: Reconstruction Roller Coaster
Define the 3 reconstruction
amendments using only one
word
A.
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4. Evaluate this statement: Reconstruction was a Roller Coaster for African-Americans:
What POSITIVE changes were made? How were these changes eventually limited, and by whom?
Define amnesty using a
symbol.
Objective #3: The end of Reconstruction
A. _______ Administration
1. Corrupt – Bribery, Fraud, Top People
2. Republican Revolt / Reconciliation
a. Want __________ w/white South
b. Amnesty Act- All white men can
vote & hold office again
B. Republican Decline in South
1. Whites begin to take Control
p.509- Significance of the
quote (KKK)-
2. ________________ threatens Republicans
Ex. Pg. 509 – quote (KKK) of the BLUE BOOK
3. Democrats gain seats in Congress, and State
Houses (Old Southern leaders)
C. Election of 1876
1. Rutherford B. Hayes – ‘Honest’ Republican governor of
Ohio
2. Samuel Tilden – Governor of NY stopped corruption in NY
City
3. Trouble w/Votes
a. __________ appears to have won
b. 3 states dispute results (La,Fl,SC)
**All have Union troops in control
3. Describe the end of Reconstruction. How did the Democrats regain control of Southern politics? What president
was seen as corrupt that hurt Reconstruction? Describe the results of the 1876 election. Describe how the
‘Compromise of 1877’ ended Reconstruction. (U.S. Ch. 17 pgs. 567-571)________________________________________________
D. Compromise of 1877
1. Democrats. and Southerners Furious
a. Immigrants & Southerners – Dems
2. Secret meetings between Rep./Dem.
a. __________ declared Winner
b. Republicans Promise - End Recon.
c. Democrats Promise – Protect Af. Am.
*** ________________________ IS OVER!!!!!!!
E. After Reconstruction: The New South
1. Democrats/Conservatives take Control
a. _____________ now Legal
b. KKK doesn’t need hoods
**They’re the Cops & Mayors and Elected officials~!!
2. Segregation and ‘_____________’ Laws
a. Keep Af. Am from Voting
*Just change name: Slave Code to Black Code
b. Af. Americans very disappointed
**NO CHANGE UNTIL 1960’s!!!!!!!
Essential Question Connection:
Essential Question:
2. Explain how Reconstruction redefined what it means to be an American:
Directions: Throughout this unit, pick aspects from each objective that would help to answer this
essential question in the box below. When you turn in this packet, you need to take EVIDENCE from the
assignments, notes, and objectives in your response to this essential question:
Obj #1: Plans for Reconstruction:
Obj #2: Roller Coaster:
Obj #3: End of Reconstruction:
Answer: This will be turned in the day of the lesson test:
Complete notes on this sheet for ONE of the following topics in both Outline and Web formats- 10pts.
**CHOOSE ONLY 1 (One) topic and do the same information for both formats BELOW
(U.S. Ch. U.S. H10-H13 & H26-H27 , Front of Book)
*ABOUT YOU
NOTES: OUTLINE
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a.
C.
*MENDIVE
Notes: WEB
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2.
*SPARKS, NV
Objective #1: Note-taking strategies
Which Note-taking
FORMAT do you think is
easiest?
Why? the goals
I. Describe
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I. Ending the Frontier
A. Miners look away from
California
1. California gold
strikes slow
a. started in 1849
2. Colorado, Idaho,
Nevada, Dakotas
3. Boom & Bust Towns
B. Railroads cross the
Country
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According to the above
notes:
A. What is the OVERALL
topic?
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B. WHY did miners look
away from
California?
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C. What FORMAT of
notes is the above
information?
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1. Describe the goals and different methods for taking notes. What method is used when notes are given in
class? In what ways can you make note taking quicker and easier? (U.S. Ch. U.S. H10-H13 & H26-H27, Front
of Book) Explain how to take notes from the text book. Name several clues in the text that help you
identify what is important. What other parts of the book besides the written information can you take notes
from?
I. Taking Notes
A. Goals of Note Taking
1. Make Information easier to study
a. Take book writing or teacher lecture and make
easier and shorter
2. Organize Information
a. Use categories to list facts and info.
Ex. ‘Beginning, Middle, End’ or
‘Elementary, Middle, High School’
b. Choose Format of Notes
-Outline (What we use in class)
-Web (For you FREE thinkers . . Barbey!)
3. Quicker & Easier
a. Abbreviate . . . Nevada (NV) . . Mountains (Mts.)
b. Do NOT copy Word for Word… called
SUMMARIZING
II. Textbook Notes
A. Use Book Organization to Help
1. Chapters / Sections / Topics
a. Divided by topic . . Chapter 17- Reconstruction
b. Chapter Divisions
-Sections (Sec. 1- Rebuilding the South)
-Sub-Sections (Blue & Red Titles)
ex. Pg. 552-553
2. Other Symbols and Help
a. Highlighted Words (Usually Vocab. Words)
b. Main Idea & Big Idea Boxes
c. Chapter Questions & Reviews
-Tells you what the book thinks is important