DAY 2: Presidential vs. Congressional Reconstruction / Black Codes

FOCUS:  Presidential vs. Congressional Reconstruction

Task:   Click on the email from Join.me and follow along with this presentation about Reconstruction.

Task Two:   Black Codes were laws put in place immediately after the Civil War in the ex Confederacy states that limited the basic rights and liberties of blacks.    Click on the link above and answer the following questions about the Black Codes for your state.  I will assign each group a state to investigate.

1. What basic restrictions were placed on blacks? 
2. How could the state justify these codes? 
3. What is the most egregious black code listed in your opinion?
4. List four specific restrictions blacks faced because of the black codes? 
5. Why were these laws so restrictive? 
6. Speculate about how these laws were enforced. 
7. What impact would these laws have on the black community?

 Task Three:  Analyze the cartoon.   What is the cartoonist trying to say about Black Codes?

Homework:  read pgs. 380- 399.