Practice

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Practice Quiz
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True or False

• Have you ever regretted something?
• Does our country hold regret?
• Is it true that we can forgive and forget?
• Does the END ever justify the MEANS?

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The Debt Paul Laurence Dunbar (18721906)
THIS is the debt I pay Just for one riotous
day, Years of regret and grief, Sorrow without
relief. Pay it I will to the end
5 Until the grave, my friend, Gives me a true
release Gives me the clasp of peace. Slight
was the thing I bought, Small was the debt I
thought, 10 Poor was the loan at
best God! but the interest!
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What can this poem connect withduring this time
period?

• Slavery
• Stealing
• War/Fighting
• Elections

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Civil War Amendments

• What are the three amendments added to the
  Constitution during the Reconstruction period?

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The 13th Amendment
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for a crime whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States, or any place subject to
their jurisdiction.
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The 14th Amendment
THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS
No state shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States nor shall any
state deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of the law
Ex Brown vs. Board of Ed
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The 15th Amendment
VOTING RIGHTS
The right of citizens of the United States to
vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or any state on account of race,
color, or previous condition of
servitude.
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After reading the different court cases

• How has this amendment affected the lives of
  Americans?

• How can it play a role in your life?

• How did it effect Reconstruction?

What is its relevance today? Google search 14th
Amendment in the news
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KAHOOT
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Discuss

• We can argue that reconstruction is an ongoing
  process. Note examples of American life that
  still require reconstruction and compare to
  what they struggled with in the past.

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To Build a Nation Worksheet
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REVIEW

• Southern legislatures response to the 13th
  Amendment was
• to pass black codes that denied African
  Americans many of their rights as citizens

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Guided Reading 18.2

• 2. Republicans were outraged at the black codes
  and President Johnson because
• they felt that Johnson was allowing the South to
  bring back many of the worst characteristics of
  slavery

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Guided Reading 18.2

• 3. Radical Republicans two chief goals are
• to break the power of wealthy southern planters
  and to ensure that freedmen could exercise their
  right to vote

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Guided Reading 18.2

• 4. The 14th Amendment stated that
• all persons born in the US were citizens and that
  no state could deny a person of life, liberty, or
  property without due process

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Guided Reading 18.2

• 5. The 1866 elections resulted in
• Republican majorities in both houses of Congress

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Guided Reading 18.2

• 6. The Reconstruction Act required that
• former Confederate states ratify the 14th
  Amendment, write new constitutions and allow
  African Americans to vote it also established
  martial law in the south

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Guided Reading 18.2

• 7. President Johnson was impeached because
• he tried to limit the effect of the radical
  Reconstruction program

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Guided Reading 18.2

• 8. Republicans supported the 15th Amendment
  because
• they honored African American rights, they felt
  that northern African Americans should be treated
  equally with those in the South, and they knew
  that African Americans would vote Republican

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Guided Reading 18.2

• Key Terms
• Radical Reconstruction
• restructuring of southern society by the 1867
  Congress
• black codes
• laws that severely limited rights of freedmen in
  the South

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Consider for tomorrow

• Three new Amendments were added to the
  constitution at this time. What were they? Why
  are they important to us?
• Hint We just talked about 2 of them!!!