DAY 4: Grant Administration and the Election of 1876

Focus: The election of 1876 and the effects of the so-called Compromise of 1877 on the South and the nation.  

    Questions to consider:
1) What was the condition of the United States at the time of the 1876      presidential election?
2) Does the condition of the Union have bearing on the Republican and Democratic choice for presidential candidates? 

     

Task One:  Watch the video on the Electoral College to understand the process and why Hayes-Tilden was very controversial.

Homework:  Write a two page paper on Google Docs answering the following question:

 After the Civil War, Congress passed much legislation to not only “reconstruct” the South, but to alter the position of African Americans in American life.  Do you think Reconstruction was a success or failure with regard to African Americans?  Explain.

You must be ready to share the document on Friday.   The essay must have a clear thesis, three paragraphs of support and a conclusion.   

DAY 3: Reconstruction Amendments

Focus:  After the Civil War the government worked to secure the rights of newly freed blacks while punishing the South, the Reconstruction Amendments are an attempt to secure those rights.

Reconstruction

Task One:  Reconstruction Amendments.   Please go Here and read about and answer the questions about Reconstruction.   When you are finished share your document with me.  

Homework:  Complete the following questions for Homework.  We will wrap up and discuss them on Thursday.   Community Service Day is Wednesday.  

Monday Funny: HERE

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.

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?