Reconstruction Introduction
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History, Social Studies
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6th - 9th Grade
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Easy
Kaitlin Harding
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How will the country rebuild after the Civil War?
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Open Ended
What were at least three effects of the Civil War? You can list more
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You will imagine you are the President or Congress during Reconstruction and you will answer several different questions about what the government should do after the Civil War
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Think about your answer to this question. You will have 3 minutes to type your response
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Open Ended
Should the south be punished for seceding and fighting against the Union?
Why or why not?
If so, how should they be punished?
(jail time: if so for who? Financial payment: if so how would they pay for it? Loss of citizenship/rights? If so, who and in what way?)
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Think about your answer to this question. You will have 3 minutes to type your response
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Open Ended
1. Should southerners have to swear to follow the laws of the United States? If so, how many people in a state should have to swear allegiance before the state could be readmitted to the Union?
2. Is there anything else southern states should have to agree to in order to be admitted to the Union?
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Think about your answer to this question. You will have 3 minutes to type your response
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Open Ended
1.Should southern states have to agree to abolish slavery in order to be able to officially rejoin the Union?
2.If so, what laws could be put in place to protect freedmen (freed slaves) from being re-enslaved or treated unfairly by white southerners?
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Reconstruction lasted from 1865-1877 and went through many different highs and lows and with different leaders in charge. There were FOUR different plans for Reconstruction:
President Abraham Lincoln's Plan
Congress (Radical Republicans) Plan
President Andrew Johnson's Plan
President Ulysses S. Grant's Plan
Some of these plans existed at the same time and caused conflict between the President and Congress
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-Congress' plan for Reconstruction in the Wade-Davis Bill
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To forgive / to free from punishment
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Not strict or harsh
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