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Learning Target: I will be able to determine if the Reconstruction Era succeded in rebuilding the United States from the devistation caused by 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.
SS.CV.6.6-8.LC: Determine whether specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) resolve the problems they were meant to address.
SS.CV.6.6-8.MdC; Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in historic and contemporary settings.
SS.CV.6.6-8.MC: Develop procedures for making decisions in historic and contemporary settings (such as the school, civil society, or local, state or national government).
Key Terms
Key Terms
Compromise of 1877 - Compromise between Republicans and Democrats in Congress to declare Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 election, in exchange for the end of Reconstruction in the South.
The Electoral College - Election of 2020 and 2024
The Electoral College - Election of 2020 and 2024
The Electoral College - Election of 1876
The Electoral College - Election of 1876
Bell Ringer Discussion
Bell Ringer Discussion
What do you think would have made Reconstruction a success? What would need to have happened?
Lesson Notes
Lesson Notes
Election of 1876
Election of 1876
Three states were unable to determine the official winner for president.
Congress was forced to decide the outcome of the election.
Compromise of 1877
Compromise of 1877
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes would win the election.
Union would end Reconstruction and remove soldiers.
South failed to protect African American rights
Political Cartoon Analysis
Political Cartoon Analysis
Directions: Review the Political cartoon below. (1) Identify as many symbols and icons as you can that were meant to convey meaning or messages and circle them. (2) Make notes along the margins that help explain what the symbols, icons, and images may represent. (3) Decide for yourself what you think the artist was attempting to communicate through this image, and if you think it was successful.
The Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan
The Compromise of 1877 and the
The Compromise of 1877 and the
End of Reconstruction
End of Reconstruction
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