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Analyzing Political Cartoons – Reconstruction 11.2: Political Cartoon 1 - “Lincoln and Johnson” What does the pictures show? What does the tear in the map represent? What does the needle and thread symbolize? What does the caption tell you about reconstruction? What did the 13 th Amendment do? In what ways did the Freedmen’s Bureau assist former slaves and poor whites living in the South? What were the black codes? What were their three purposes? 1. 2. 3.
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Analyzing Political Cartoons – Reconstruction
11.2: Political Cartoon 1 - “Lincoln and Johnson”
What does the pictures show?
What does the tear in the map represent?
What does the needle and thread symbolize?
What does the caption tell you about reconstruction?
What did the 13th Amendment do?
In what ways did the Freedmen’s Bureau assist former slaves and poor whites living in the South?
What were the black codes?
What were their three purposes?
1.2.3.
Explain how Presidential Reconstruction helped advance the 5 ideals our country was founded on (equality, rights, liberty, opportunity, democracy).
11.3: Political Cartoon 2 – “Collision on the Grand Trunk Columbia Railroad”
What does the pictures show?
Who were these men and what is their attitude towards one another?
Who was Thaddeus Stevens and what group did he lead?
What was the Radical Republicans plan for reconstruction?
The Radical Republicans enacted what two bills designed to help former slaves?
1.2.
To further protect the rights of freedmen, Congress passed the 14th Amendment, which said what?
The Reconstruction Acts, passed by Congress, put the South under military rule, what were the three main parts?
1.2.3.
Why was Johnson impeached and what was the end result?
Explain how Congressional Reconstruction helped advance the 5 ideals our country was founded on (equality, rights, liberty, opportunity, democracy).
11. 4: Political Cartoon 3 – “The Strong Government”
What does the picture show?
Who is the man with the sword? What does he represent?
Who is escorting him? What do they represent?
Who does the woman in chains represent?
The 15th Amendment was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments, what did it say?
The South’s economy was in ruins after the war and recovery was very slow. How did the system of tenant farming work?
How did sharecropping lead to a life of debt?
Explain how life under Congressional Reconstruction helped advance the 5 ideals our country was founded on (equality, rights, liberty, opportunity, democracy).
11.5: Political Cartoon 4 – “Worse then Slavery”
What do you see in the picture?
Who is shaking hands?
What does the picture of the family represent?
How did African Americans loose ground under the Redeemer Governments?
Education
Voting
What were Jim Crow Laws?
How did the Plessy v. Ferguson, Supreme Court case, affect Southern society?
Explain how the reversing of Reconstruction failed to live up the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence (equality, rights, liberty, opportunity, democracy).
