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Effects of Reconstruction on American Life
Previous Unit
Civil War
I. Basic Provisions of
Constitutional
Amendments
II. Reconstruction
Policies and
Problems
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 Southern military
leaders
 African Americans
 Civil Rights Act of
1866
 Northern soldiers
 Freedmen’s Bureau
 Carpetbaggers
 Black Codes
 Compromise of 1877
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13 Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Equal protection
under the law for all
citizens
III. Lasting
Individual Legacies
IV. Treatment of
African Americans
 Abraham Lincoln
 Robert E. Lee
 Frederick Douglass
 Racial segregation
 “Jim Crow” laws
 Booker T.
Washington
 W.E.B. Dubois
VOCABULARY
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
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Westward Expansion
Reconstruction and African
American Challenges
What are the basic provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
What were the Reconstruction policies for the South?
What were the lasting impacts of the actions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee
and Frederick Douglass?
What is racial segregation?
How were African Americans discriminated against?
How did African Americans respond to discrimination and “Jim Crow” laws?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Black Codes
Sharecroppers
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Carpetbaggers
Freedmen’s Bureau
Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Frederick Douglass
Compromise of 1877 W.E.B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
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Tweeting the News: Civil War Amendments
In the boxes below, create a live tweet that explains the news for each of the Reconstruction Amendments as if it
were happening in real time. Remember that you only get 140 characters!
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Is it positive or
negative?
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Is it political, social
or economic?
____________________ from the
North supervised the South
____________________ from the
North took advantage of the
South
____________________ for
African Americans were gained
as a result of the Civil Rights Act
of 1866, which also authorized the
use of federal troops for its
enforcement
____________________ of the
Freedmen’s Bureau to aid former
enslaved African Americans in
the South
____________________ could
hold public office in the South
____________________ leaders
from the South could not hold
public office
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“SCREAM" Your Frustrations!
Imagine that you are a former Confederate or a freedman who is
living unhappily during Reconstruction. While attending a parade for
President Johnson, you find that you have 30 seconds to scream at him about
your frustrations.
In the space below, write what you would scream (and why) based on
your knowledge of Congress’s Reconstruction policies. Be sure to say
something about at least three of the policies from your SCREAM notes.
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Abraham Lincoln
 Made the Reconstruction plan calling for
____________________
 He thought preservation of the
____________________ was more important
than punishing the South
Robert E. Lee
 Urged Southerners to ____________________
with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite
as Americans when some wanted to continue to
fight
 Became president of ____________________,
which is now known as Washington and Lee
University
Frederick Douglass
 Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments
that guaranteed ____________________ rights
 Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil
___________________ for all
Booker T. Washington
 Believed equality could be achieved through
____________________ education
 Accepted ____________________ segregation
W.E.B. Dubois
 Believed in full ____________________,
____________________,
____________________, and
____________________ rights for African
Americans
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Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Dubois
 Born as a slave in Virginia
 Founded Tuskegee Institute
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 Born Free in Massachusetts
 Education at Harvard
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What do you see?
Make a list of EVERYTHING
you see in the cartoon.
What do you know?
What prior knowledge do you
have that can help you to
interpret the cartoon?
What questions do you
have?
Come up with at least three
questions you have about the
contents of the cartoon.
Directions: Using the cartoon above, answer the following questions.
1. What does each of the men standing in the cartoon represent?
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2. What group of people does the family in the middle of the cartoon represent?
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3. What does the shield symbolize?
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4. Using the images and the text, explain what life was like for African Americans after the
Civil War.
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