Name: _________________________ Reconstruction Web Quest Reconstruction was the period following the Civil War where the government tried to repair the union, re-structure the South, and secure rights for African Americans.

Essential Questions:

1. What were the different ideas people had to fix the issues created by the Civil War?

2. What are the events that led to President Johnson’s impeachment?

3. How did Southern States resist efforts to grant freedmen equality?

4. How did African-Americans react to their new freedoms ?

Directions:

Click on the links ABOVE each question to find the answers Reconstruction Plans: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860645.html

1.What was Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan? 2. How did congressmen react to Lincolns Plan?

http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln74.html 3. Read a few conspiracy theories, which one do you believe, why? 4.The major problem at this time would be that President Andrew Johnson did not get along with the Radical Republicans in congress. How were the plans different? https://prezi.com/f-l7y4nr-yd9/diagram-lincoln-johnson-and-the-radical-republicans-reconstruction-plans/ ' President Johnson’s Plan Radical Republican’s Plan 1. 2. 3.

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http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/impeachments/johnson.htm 5.What is impeachment? 6.What events lead to Johnson being impeached? 7.Why do you think The Congress wanted to impeach President Johnson? 8.Did they succeed? Why or why not?

The Black Codes:

http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/black-codes/ 9.What was the purpose of the Black Codes? 10.In what ways did the Black Codes limit the freedom of African Americans? http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/ 11.What was sharecropping? Tenant farming? How did it come about after the war? And how did it affect the South in the long run?

While Black Codes Oppressed Freedmen, the Freedman’s Bureau is considered one of the successes of Reconstruction.

Many African Americans received education and colleges were set up as a result of the Freedman’s Bureau

12. Using prior knowledge, how effective was the Freedman’s Bureau in promoting the advancement of education for Freedmen. Post-Civil War or Reconstruction Amendments: Amendment: A change/addition to the constitution, the Bill of Rights was the first 10 amendments. http://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm#amend15 13.How did the 14th and 15th amendments protect the rights of African Americans? Complete Chart:

Moorehouse University Law Class 1900

Sum up Important Amendment # Details Impact on African Americans 13

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http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/US/US25-01.html 14. To make sure the rights of the freemen were protected, the south was divided into military districts. How many were there?

While these Amendments promised freedom, they were empty promises when the Federal Army Left the South because there was no one there to ensure that state governments would not discriminate against African Americans. The Ku Klux Klan: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan

15.Why and by who was the Ku Klux Klan first created? 16.Give two examples of Klan activities 17.How did the first KKK end?

http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/homerplessy.html

18.Who is Homer Plessy & why was he arrested? What was the doctrine the U.S. Supreme Court ruled because of Homer Plessy?

http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/links/misclink/examples/ 19.How did the term Jim Crow originate? 20.Identify some Jim Crow laws?