Reconstruction
Four years after the start of the Civil War it has finally come to a close. The reunited nation has many challenges ahead of them. During Reconstruction the nations looks to rebuild the South and fix the Federal Government.
Four years after the start of the Civil War it has finally come to a close. The reunited nation has many challenges ahead of them. During Reconstruction the nations looks to rebuild the South and fix the Federal Government.
Guiding Question:
Guiding Question:
Was Reconstruction a success or a failure?
KEY VOCABULARY: feasible, freedman, freedman's bureau, 13th amendment, black codes, radical reconstruction, 14th amendment, carpetbagger, scalawags, 15th amendment, KKK, sharecropper, poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause, segregation, Jim Crow Laws, Plessy vs. Ferguson
KEY VOCABULARY: feasible, freedman, freedman's bureau, 13th amendment, black codes, radical reconstruction, 14th amendment, carpetbagger, scalawags, 15th amendment, KKK, sharecropper, poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause, segregation, Jim Crow Laws, Plessy vs. Ferguson