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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? Both Lincoln and Johnson supported lenient plans for Reconstruction. Lincoln’s Plan was called the ______________ ____. Ten percent of the voters in each southern state had to pledge their allegiance to the Union. Both Lincoln and Johnson granted a generous pardon to allow Southerners to retain their property and reacquire their political rights. Johnson supported the 13 th Amendment. What did the 13 th Amendment do? However, Johnson was reluctant to support Black suffrage believing this was an issue for states. What does the word suffrage mean? What new freedoms did former slaves experience after the war that they had previously been denied? In what ways did the Freedmen’s Bureau assist former slaves and poor whites living in the South?
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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?
Both Lincoln and Johnson supported lenient plans for Reconstruction. Lincoln’s Plan was called the __________________. Ten percent of the voters in each southern state had to pledge their allegiance to the Union. Both Lincoln and Johnson granted a generous pardon to allow Southerners to retain their property and reacquire their political rights.
Johnson supported the 13th Amendment. What did the 13th Amendment do?
However, Johnson was reluctant to support Black suffrage believing this was an issue for states. What does the word suffrage mean?
What new freedoms did former slaves experience after the war that they had previously been denied?
In what ways did the Freedmen’s Bureau assist former slaves and poor whites living in the South?
What were the Black Codes and what was their purpose?
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 overall plan for reconstruction?
The Radical Republicans enacted what two bills designed to help former slaves?
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To further protect the rights of freedmen, Congress passed the 14th Amendment, which said what?
How did Andrew Johnson feel about the 14th Amendment? How did this affect his relationship with Congress?
Why was Johnson impeached and what was the end result? (key terms that should be included: Tenure of Office Act and Impeachment)
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?
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 lose ground under the Redeemer Governments?
Education:
Voting:
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What is meant by the grandfather clause?
What were Jim Crow Laws?
What was the decision in the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson? How did this affect America, especially in the South?
