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Period 5, Day 4-5: The Potential of Reconstruction

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Note from the author:
Content Objective: I will be able to identify at least 2 successes of the Reconstruction period.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Content Objective: I will be able to identify at least 2 successes of the Reconstruction period.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
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Tue, 2/8 Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Tue, 2/8 Warm Up: Did President Lincoln truly free all of the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation? Explain.

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Tue, 2/8 Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

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While the Emancipation Proclamation _______ free all slaves, it did prompt thousands of slaves to join the Union army and fundamentally change the nature of the Civil War into a moral cause against slavery. By war’s end, some _______ blacks served in the Union army, which was about _______ of total enlistments. Units, however, were segregated and Blacks were still paid less.
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More than _______ soldiers died in action or disease, which is equivalent to 2% of the entire nation’s population and the death toll of _______ subsequent wars combined.
The cost of the war totaled _______ , and devastation to the land and economy in the South.
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Did you know any of these facts prior to taking APUSH?

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As used in the last sentence, what does the word "disposed" mean and how do you know?

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What does the New York Herald mean when it says, "In striking Abraham Lincoln and his kindly disposed Secretary of State the assassins struck at the best friends in the government to the pro-state rebels of the South"?

Explain the implication about Lincoln's relationship with the South behind this line in your own words.

That's all we're doing for classwork on Tuesday, 2/8/2022. Stay tuned tomorrow and start your reading here.
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Wed, 2/9 Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Wed, 2/9 Warm Up: What was your experience like growing up with Barack Obama as the first Black President?

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The Reconstruction era refers to the period _______ the Civil War when attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy. The U.S. federal government also needed to determine how to _______ the 11 Confederate states back into the Union.
After the war, formerly enslaved African Americans responded to freedom in different ways. After celebrating the end of the war and their new freedom, most tried to _______ with their separated families. Some set up new institutions, including schools, while participating in politics by voting and even serving in government.
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Although formerly enslaved African Americans were _______ land and resources from the government to set up their own farms, most did not receive these. Some who did receive land and resources later had them taken away. Newly freed people had to figure out how to survive and support their families.
For about 10 years after the Civil War, the federal government provided _______ to the formerly enslaved and took steps under _______ Reconstruction to protect their political and civil rights, but these advances were later overturned.
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Guided Viewing: Who was Senator Hiram Revels?

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Guided Viewing: Why do you think it is important for newly freed African Americans to be able to serve in public office?

That's all we're doing for classwork on Wednesday, 2/9/2022. Stay tuned tomorrow and start your reading here.
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Warm Up: Let's all get on the same page with vocabulary. If you get stuck, feel free to ask your table group but resist the urge to ask the Google for this one!

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
15th Amendment
Bans slavery everywhere in the U.S.
Emancipation Proclamation
Grants citizenship and equal protection of laws to all U.S. citizens
13th Amendment
Grants suffrage [the right to vote] to all U.S. citizens regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
14th Amendment
Bans slavery in the Confederacy
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Warm Up: What is missing from the amendment that grants the right to vote? In other words, who still cannot vote at this point (1877) in U.S. HIstory?

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What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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Choose one specific function of the Freedmen’s Bureau. How would this function help newly freed Blacks?

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Exit Ticket: Identifying one historical development or event that supports the idea that the Reconstruction era (1865-1877) was a success.

Be sure to support your answer with a specific historical key term (event, person, or concept). [Challenge yourself by avoiding obvious answers like emancipation or the reunification of the Union!]

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Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: