Reconstruction....where do we go from here?
|
Listen carefully as the plan for reconstruction is explained.
1. How is the South brought back into the Union? 2. How is the South rebuilt? 3. How are ex-slaves included and protected in their communities? 4. What branch of government should be in control of the reconstruction process? |
More on Reconstruction.......
1. Who was Andrew Johnson and why was he so determined to control reconstruction? |
|
|
The Black Codes were an effort to control the black vote.
1. How were the Black Codes used? 2. How were the Black Codes like slavery? How were they not like slavery? 3. What was done about it? 4. How long did it last? |
1. What group of people was Andrew Johnson trying to protect?
2. What were his feeling about the rich plantation owners? 3. Were was he from and how did that affect his decisions? |
|
|
Learn about Hiram Revels, one of the first and most influential African Americans of the reconstruction era.
1. What offices in government was he elected to? 2. Did he continue to work in government during the time of the Black Codes? |
The Homestead Act of 1862
* Free land was given to settlers. * Land had to be improved with a home and crops * In five years, the land would become the property of the Homesteader. 1) Did it work for everyone? 2) What effect did it have on the nation? |
|
|
How has the Morrill Act helped to improve life in America?
What was President Lincoln trying to accomplish with this Act? |
The Railroad unites the East to the West.............
|
|
The Dawes Act of 1887 was well meaning but in the end had effects on the Native Americans that almost destroyed their culture and way of life.
1) What was the focus of the Dawes Act? 2) Did it accomplish what it set out to do? 3) What were some of the effects of the Act? |
|
|
Make sure you pick up the study questions for this segment from me if you were absent on Apr.24. Due May 2!!!
|