AP US History
Chapter 14 Reading Guide
Part A
Using the text, answer the following on a separate sheet of paper. Be detailed in your responses.
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Part B
What was Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction of the South?
What was the “40 Acres and a Mule” policy? Why did freedmen believe they were owed land?
How did schools and churches benefit the freedmen?
What was Andrew Johnson’s plan for reconstruction?
Why were Republicans upset with Johnson’s Plan? What was their plan for reconstruction?
Why did many women’s rights activists oppose the ratification of the 15th amendment?
Why did many Southern whites participate in anti-black terrorism?
Why did reconstruction end?
What major economic developments occurred in the South following reconstruction?
What was the Jim Crow system? How was it upheld by the Supreme Court?
Provide a brief definition of each of the following key terms and people.
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Wade-Davis Bill
Freedmen’s Bureau
Andrew Johnson
black codes
carpetbaggers
Rutherford B. Hayes
sharecropping
Plessy v. Ferguson
Part C
Provide a detailed example from the chapter for each of the 7 APUSH Learning Objectives on a separate sheet of paper.
19. P (Politics and Power)
20. A (America in the World)
21. S (Social and Cultural
22. T (Technology, Work, and Exchange)
23. I (Identity)
24. M (Migration and Settlement)
25. E (Environment and Geography)