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Reconstruction

Reconstruction. STANDARD USII.3a The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American life by analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

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Reconstruction

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  1. Reconstruction STANDARD USII.3a The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American life by analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. b) describing the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South and North. c) describing the legacies of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass.

  2. Essential Vocabulary

  3. Adoption- acceptance • Amendment- a change to the Constitution • BlackCodes- laws put in place in the after the Civil War with the effect of limiting the basic human rights and civil liberties of blacks • Carpetbaggers- Northerners who went South after the Civil War and took advantage of the destruction there

  4. Citizenship- having legal standing in a country • Civil liberties- legal rights • Compromise- trying to make an agreement between people where everyone is made happy • Constitutional – having to do with the U.S. Constitution

  5. Vocab Review #1 • What was the name given to the laws that restricted African American freedoms during Reconstruction? • What was the nickname given to Northerners who took advantage of the destruction in the South after the Civil War? • Define “civil liberties”.

  6. Economic- having to do with money and business • Enforcement- making sure that something happens according to the law • Establish- to set up • Federal troops- government soldiers or police

  7. Freedman’s Bureau- a government program created after the Civil War to help formerslaves and poor whites • Harsh- strict • Jim Crow- a series of laws in the South, created after Reconstruction, that discriminated against African Americans • Preservation- saving, making something last

  8. Vocab Review #2 • What was the name of the government program created after the Civil War to help former slaves? • What was the name given to the post-Reconstruction laws that restricted African American freedoms? • What is another word for harsh?

  9. Public office- elected government jobs • Reconciliation- to end a disagreement or argument • Reconstruction-rebuilding, especially after the end of the Civil War • Resent- to hate

  10. Servitude- being a slave or working as a servant • Territories- areas owned by a government, but not actually a state

  11. Vocab Review #3 • Define”resent”. • What term means “rebuilding”? • What term means to end a disagreement?

  12. Essential Understandings

  13. The actions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass created lasting impacts. • The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America address the issues of slavery and guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens.

  14. The Reconstruction policies were harsh and created problems in the South. • Reconstruction attempted to give meaning to the freedom that former enslaved African Americans had achieved.

  15. Understanding Review • What three amendments ended slavery and guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens? • Describe Reconstruction policies in the South? • What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

  16. Essential Knowledge

  17. What are the basic provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States? • The 13th Amendment bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

  18. What are the basic provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States? • The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.

  19. What are the basic provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States? • The 15th Amendment ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

  20. These three amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens.

  21. Amendment check • Which amendment banned slavery in The U.S.? • Which amendment made all people born in the U.S. citizens? • Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote? • What did all three amendments do for all citizens?

  22. What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? • Southernmilitary leaders could not hold office. • African Americans could hold public office.

  23. What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? • African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which also authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement. • Northern soldiers supervised the South.

  24. What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? • The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South.

  25. Helpful review… • Which law granted African Americans equal rights and authorized the use of federal troops to enforce them? • What was established to aid former enslaved African Americans? • Who could not hold public office during Reconstruction?

  26. What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? • Southerners resented Northern “carpetbaggers,” who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction.

  27. What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? • Southern states adopted Black Codes to limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves.

  28. Not so good review… • What was the nickname given to Northerners who came South after the war to take advantage of Reconstruction? • What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

  29. What were the lasting impacts of the actions of Abraham Lincoln? • Reconstruction plan calling for reconciliation • Preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South

  30. What were the lasting impacts of the actions of Robert E. Lee? • Urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to continue to fight • Became president of Washington College, which is now known as Washington and Lee University

  31. What were the lasting impacts of the actions of Frederick Douglass? • Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights • Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all

  32. Who’s who review • Who’s Reconstruction plan called for reconciliation rather than punishment? • Who urged Southerners to stop fighting the war and reunite with the North? • Who fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights?

  33. The End of Reconstruction • Reconstruction ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876. • Federal troops were removed from the South. • Rights that African Americans had gained were lost through “Jim Crow” laws.

  34. Final Questions • In what year did Reconstruction end? • What was the name of the laws which took away the rights of African Americans?

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