• Learning Goals: Learning Goals:

1.1. Identify the goals of Identify the goals of presidential and Congressional presidential and Congressional Reconstruction.Reconstruction.

2.2. Describe how Reconstruction Describe how Reconstruction affected national politics and affected national politics and governments in the South.governments in the South.

Journal Question: Journal Question: What does it What does it mean to be free? How do you know? mean to be free? How do you know?

Explanation: Four million slaves Explanation: Four million slaves were set free with the 13were set free with the 13thth amendment. Most of them had amendment. Most of them had never known freedom. never known freedom.

• Journal Question: The South was Journal Question: The South was devastated by the Civil War. Abraham devastated by the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln had a plan to help bring the Lincoln had a plan to help bring the South back into the Union. South back into the Union. Create Create your plan that would integrate former your plan that would integrate former slaves into the South and help the slaves into the South and help the economy recover.economy recover.

Journal Question: Imagine that your Journal Question: Imagine that your house has been knocked down by a house has been knocked down by a powerful storm. powerful storm. Would you rebuild Would you rebuild it to be exactly like the original or it to be exactly like the original or change the design? Explain your change the design? Explain your answer. answer.

Explanation: After the Civil War the Explanation: After the Civil War the U.S. was faced with a similar U.S. was faced with a similar decision. decision.

• Journal Question: Journal Question: Imagine that the Civil Imagine that the Civil War had never been War had never been fought. What would fought. What would the U.S. be like today?the U.S. be like today?

1. 1. Abraham Abraham Lincoln’s plan to Lincoln’s plan to reunite the country reunite the country was to pardon was to pardon confederate confederate officials officials and allow and allow Confederate states Confederate states to send to send representatives to representatives to Congress. Congress.

2. 2. White White Southerners Southerners had to pledge had to pledge their loyalty to their loyalty to the United the United StatesStates in in order to have order to have their property their property returned to returned to them.them.

This person This person is reading a is reading a pledge.pledge.

A Reconstruction A Reconstruction political cartoon political cartoon which depicts a which depicts a freedman going to freedman going to cast his vote while cast his vote while the disenfranchised the disenfranchised former Confederate former Confederate glumly looks on.glumly looks on.

Describe a time when you had a fight Describe a time when you had a fight or argument with someone over an or argument with someone over an issue. Did you stay friends or not issue. Did you stay friends or not talk to them anymore? The South is talk to them anymore? The South is forced to rejoin the Union even forced to rejoin the Union even though they would rather keep though they would rather keep slavery. slavery. Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.

3. The Freedmen 3. The Freedmen Bureau’s role in Bureau’s role in Reconstruction was Reconstruction was that it that it operated schools operated schools to educate former to educate former enslaved people, enslaved people, guaranteed land, tools, guaranteed land, tools, and seedand seed to all formerly to all formerly enslaved people, and enslaved people, and helped them helped them get jobsget jobs..

Andrew Andrew Johnson is Johnson is kicking the kicking the Freedmen’s Freedmen’s Bureau Bureau with his with his veto.veto.

4. Southern whites used 4. Southern whites used Black Codes Black Codes to restrict the freedom of African to restrict the freedom of African AmericansAmericans after the Civil War.  after the Civil War. •black codes

A cartoon about A cartoon about carpetbagging. carpetbagging.

Why do you think the government Why do you think the government allowed the South to put Black Codes in allowed the South to put Black Codes in place? The Union defeated the South but place? The Union defeated the South but allowed them to continue restricting the allowed them to continue restricting the rights of African Americans. Describe a rights of African Americans. Describe a time when you argued with your parents time when you argued with your parents over an unfair rule in your house. over an unfair rule in your house. Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.

5. Moderate 5. Moderate Republicans Republicans supported the supported the states states right to govern right to govern themselvesthemselves. Radical . Radical Republicans wanted Republicans wanted the the federal government federal government to play an active role to play an active role in in remaking Southern remaking Southern politics and society.politics and society.

Voter registration Voter registration in the South. in the South.

““We have turned, or are about to turn, We have turned, or are about to turn, loose four million slaves without a hut to loose four million slaves without a hut to shelter them or a cent in their pockets…shelter them or a cent in their pockets…if we leave them to the legislation of their if we leave them to the legislation of their late masters, we had better have left late masters, we had better have left them in bondage.” them in bondage.”

6. 6. Radical Republicans were the group Radical Republicans were the group that made decisionsthat made decisions about about Reconstruction that made the above Reconstruction that made the above quote. quote.

Radical- advocating extreme Radical- advocating extreme changes in laws, government, or changes in laws, government, or society. Define radical in your own society. Define radical in your own words. Can you think of any ideas or words. Can you think of any ideas or groups that are considered radical groups that are considered radical today?today?Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.

7. The House of 7. The House of RepresentativesRepresentatives impeached impeached President Johnson President Johnson when he violated when he violated the Tenure of the Tenure of Office Act Office Act by firing by firing his Secretary of his Secretary of War.War.

8. The Fourteenth 8. The Fourteenth Amendment Amendment followed the followed the Civil Rights Act Civil Rights Act of 1866 because of 1866 because Congress Congress wanted equality wanted equality to be protected to be protected by the by the Constitution. Constitution.

When should someone be removed When should someone be removed from power as a leader? Describe a from power as a leader? Describe a situation you were involved in where situation you were involved in where the leader was replaced or a time the leader was replaced or a time when you think this should happen.when you think this should happen.Think about your answer and then turn to a Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.share as a group.

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Gallery WalkGallery Walk

Choose one slide or one topic Choose one slide or one topic from the notes. Take a white from the notes. Take a white sheet of paper and create an sheet of paper and create an exhibit for a museum. We will exhibit for a museum. We will use these for a gallery walk. use these for a gallery walk.