Rebuilding the South...

RECONSTRUCTION

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At the end of the United States Civil War, an overriding question arose:

How should the southern states be readmitted into the Union?

Should the south be welcomed back with an easy transition, or should the Confederate states be punished harshly and treated like conquered territories?

Also, would freedmen (freed slaves) be accepted as equals?

What responsibility did the Union have to helping Freedmen attain civil liberties, like the right to vote?

 

President Lincoln was assassinated just as the Confederates surrendered in April 1865, leaving President Johnson responsible to solve the Reconstruction problem. He had a difficult task ahead of him because so many people differed on exactly how the south should be readmitted into the Union.

Before we begin this project, define the following terms in your own words. With each definition, write one sentence that uses the word in the correct format or draw a picture that represents the word accurately.

1. Segregation in the US

2. Freedman after the Civil War

3. Carpetbagger

4. 13th Amendment of the US Constitution

5. 15th Amendment of the US Constitution

 

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