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Unit 4.4 Classwork & Homework: The Reconstruction Era

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Content Objective: I will be able to recognize the modern and historical significance of The Reconstruction Era.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Content Objective: I will be able to recognize the modern and historical significance of The Reconstruction Era.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Louisiana Literacy Test Reflection Questions
Literacy Tests emerge in the period of time right after the Civil War known as the Reconstruction Era. These tests were created in the South to keep Black people from exercising their voting rights. The Reconstruction Era marks a period of both progress and pain in our country. Let’s learn more...
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What were your thoughts while taking this test? How did you feel thinking that your grade was going to be impacted based on your score?

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Write the first three words that come to your mind when thinking about this test. No explanation needed, just write the words down.

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Why do you think these tests were purposely used instead of simply telling Black Americans they were not allowed to vote?

Righting Wrongs: Today, several states in the Deep South have to prove to the government that they have a certain percentage of black voters registered.
Reconstruction Era Classwork Notes
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Although the official end of the Civil War was at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, not all enslaved Blacks knew until June 19, 1865, when General Lee finally arrived at Galveston, Texas to notify the last enslaved African Americans of their _______ .

Today, we celebrate this day as _______ , which most recently became a national holiday in 2021 due to the activism of #BLM protestors.
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The Reconstruction Era refers to the period _______ the Civil War when attempts were made to redress [fix] 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 _______ such as finding employment, housing, and education 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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During the 1870s, more than a _______ African American men were elected to the U.S. Congress. This was historically significant because many of these newly freed _______ were born into slavery, but this period ended all too quickly.
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Despite the gains Black people made following the Civil War, _______ against these new rights grew stronger in the _______ .

_______ emerged that were intentionally designed to keep Black people from using their voting rights _______ .

The _______ was established as a defining organization of the Reconstruction era. It sought to counter the progress of African Americans by using _______ and _______ against African-American leaders.

STOP! THE REMAINDER OF THIS FORMATIVE IS INDEPENDENT HOMEWORK.

Please read the following excerpt from the Congressional Record, Thaddeus Stevens makes the case for confiscation and redistribution of land in the South.
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The author indicates that the nation should handle the aftermath of the Civil War by

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As used in line 8, "untouched" most nearly means

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As presented in the passage, Stevens would most likely agree that

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

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Based on this passage, Stevens believes his plan will work because

—Excerpts from speeches by Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, 1865, as published in the Congressional
Record