RECONSTRUCTION SUMMARY
MAIN QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE CIVIL WAR?
THE CIVIL WAR ENDED IN 1865 WITH THE SOUTH LOSING TO THE NORTH. THIS
WAS A BIG CHANGE FOR THE UNITED STATES. A TIME CALLED
RECONSTRUCTION BEGAN. RECONSTRUCTION ATTEMPTED TO CREATE LEGAL
EQUALITY FOR FREE AND FORMERLY ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS. THIS
WAS A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY TRIED TO REBUILD ITSELF AND BRING THE
SOUTH BACK INTO THE UNION.
TO UNDERSTAND THIS, WE'LL LEARN KEYWORDS
ABOUT: ASSASSINATION: THE MURDER OF AN
HOW LIFE WAS DIFFERENT FOR IMPORTANT PERSON
AFRICAN AMERICANS: AFTER ABRAHAM LINCOLN: PRESIDENT OF THE
SLAVERY ENDED, AFRICAN UNITED STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR
AMERICANS FACED NEW AMENDMENTS: CHANGES TO THE
CHALLENGES. THEY HAD TO FIND CONSTITUTION
JOBS, BUILD HOMES, AND LEARN TO 13TH - ENDED SLAVERY
LIVE AS FREE PEOPLE. 14TH - EXPANDED CITIZENSHIP
CHANGES IN THE SOUTH: THE 15TH - EXPANDED RIGHT TO VOTE
SOUTH WAS DAMAGED BY THE WAR. FREEDMEN’S BUREAU: A GOVERNMENT
AGENCY THAT HELPED AFRICAN AMERICANS
PEOPLE HAD TO REBUILD THEIR
AFTER THE WAR
FARMS, TOWNS, AND ECONOMY.
CIVIL RIGHTS: THE RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS TO
NEW LAWS AND RULES: THE
BE TREATED EQUALLY
GOVERNMENT MADE NEW LAWS TO
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS: A FAMOUS SPEECH BY
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AMERICANS AND TO HELP REBUILD
HIRAM REVELS: THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
THE SOUTH. U.S. SENATOR
CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS: FREDERICK DOUGLASS: A FAMOUS AFRICAN
RECONSTRUCTION WAS A DIFFICULT AMERICAN LEADER
TIME. THERE WERE MANY PROBLEMS, LINCOLN’S 10% PLAN: A PLAN FOR
LIKE POVERTY, VIOLENCE, AND REBUILDING THE SOUTH AFTER THE WAR
DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT HOW TO COMPROMISE OF 1877: AN AGREEMENT THAT
REBUILD THE COUNTRY. ENDED RECONSTRUCTION
JIM CROW: LAWS THAT SEPARATED BLACK AND
WHITE PEOPLE
BY STUDYING USII.2, WE CAN LEARN
BLACK CODES: LAWS THAT LIMITED THE
HOW THE CIVIL WAR CHANGED
FREEDOM OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
AMERICA AND HOW THE CHOICES SUPREMACY: THE POWER TO RULE OR
MADE DURING RECONSTRUCTION CONTROL
STILL AFFECT US TODAY.