DAY 1: The Problems of Peacemaking

FOCUS: What were the successes and challenges of reuniting the nation following the Civil War?

 

Richmond, Virginia

TASK ONE:  Read the following passage.

 “With malice toward none, with clarity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all of which may achieve
and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” 
-A. Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address

What is the president promising in the quote?   Discuss this with your partner.


TASK TWO:  Presidential Reconstruction Plans.

In student groups of two research the following plans:

o Abraham Lincoln’s plan
o Initial Congressional Plan
o Andrew Johnson’s plan
o Radical Republican’s plan

Give an analysis of what you believe are the strengths and weaknesses of each plan.

Record your answers on the Reconstruction Form

Homework: 
1. Read Ch. 15, pgs. 370- 384.
2. Complete the What is Your Plan For Reconstruction?