U.S. History Bell Ringer

Complete Louisiana Literacy Test, to see if state of Louisiana would have considered you literate and allowed to register to vote.

Why did Reconstruction come to an end?

Central Unit Question

After a destructive civil war that

destroys many of a nation’s

institutions,

how does a nation re-make itself into a

new society?

U.S. HISTORY JOURNAL

Please respond in your journal to

the following question:

Identify 5 similarities and 5

differences between

reconstruction in Iraq and the

South after the Civil War

U.S. HISTORY JOURNAL

Please respond in your journal to

the following question:

Do you think the Reconstruction of

Iraq was a success in making a

new society?

Central Unit Question

After a destructive civil war that

destroys many of a nation’s

institutions,

how does a nation re-make itself into a

new society?

Closing Question

Please respond in your journal to

the following closing question:

Based on the two cases we have

looked at, what universals can

you hypothesize about the

reconstruction of societies?

U.S. History Bell Ringer

Reflect on the following quote,

“History often says more about the present than the past”

True or False

“History is the invention of historians”

Napoleon

“History is not history unless it is the truth.”

Abraham Lincoln

“There is no history, only histories.”

Karl Popper

“History must be written of, by and for the

survivors.”

Anonymous

Closing Question

Please respond in your journal to the following closing question:

Do you think that in this unit we have created a fairly accurate, if not perfect, understanding of what happened during Reconstruction?

Complete all three reading questions for tomorrow.

U.S. History Bell Ringer

Think of 3 examples in which Reconstruction could be considered a success and three examples in which it could be considered a failure.