History Assignment
- Discuss the general problem of Reconstruction following the defeat of the Confederacy
- Describe Lincoln's and Johnson's plan of Reconstruction
- Discuss the course of Reconstruction in the Southern States
- Describe the abandonment of Reconstruction in the South
Readings:
Read Chapter 16 in American: Past and Present by Robert Divine and view the chapter 16 Power Point.
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Task
A. Read Chapter 16 in American: Past and Present by Robert Divine and answer the following questions.
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1. What traditions and institutions were destroyed by the conflict?
2. How did freed slaves react to their new status after the civil war?
3. How successful was the North in changing Southern society during Reconstruction.
4. Why was Northern interest in Southern reconstruction waning?
5. Why were the Redeemers able to take back the South?
B. Read the hyperlinked article and respond to the question.
Read the hyper linked article and respond to the question below.
Forty Acres and a Mule
Was Reconstruction an impossible goal after 1865?
C. Political Cartoon:
Propaganda is as old as civilization. As man developed the ability to express themselves on paper, the art of persuasion begin. What is the message of this cartoon?
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