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Learning Target: I will be able to explain how implementing the Civil War Amendments impacted the reconstruction of America after the Civil War.
Illinois Social Science Standards
Illinois Social Science Standards
SS.H.4.6-8.LC: Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.
SS.H.4.6-8.MdC: Compare the central historical arguments in secondary works across multiple media.
SS.H.4.6-8.MC: Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.
SS.H.1.6-8.LC: Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
SS.H.1.6-8.MdC: Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
SS.H.1.6-8.MC: Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
Key Terms
Key Terms
Reconstruction Era - 1865-1877; period when the country attempted to rebuild the Union following the Civil War.
Reconstruction Era - 1865-1877; period when the country attempted to rebuild the Union following the Civil War.
Radical Republicans - members of the Republican Party who wished to punish the South after the Civil War.
Radical Republicans - members of the Republican Party who wished to punish the South after the Civil War.
Reconstruction Era Goals
Reconstruction Era Goals
Would last from 1865 to 1877
Bring the Southern States back into the U.S. government.
Help the 4 million freed slaves survive
Rebuild the Southern Economy
- Lincoln's 10% Plan
10% of the Southern voters to take an oath of loyalty
ratify the 13th Amendment
President Andrew Johnson
President Andrew Johnson
President after Lincolns Assassination
His plan for Reconstruction was not as harsh to the South.
The Southern States would have to swear loyalty and ratify the 13th Amendment.
Allowed the Southern States to pass "Black Codes"
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans
Aggressively rejected Johnson's plans
Passed the Reconstruction act of 1867, which divided the South into five Military Districts.
Gave all men the right to vote.
Required Southern States to ratify the 14th Amendment.
Passed the 15th Amendment to protect African American voting rights.
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