Title: Reconstruction Interactive Notebook
1ReconstructionInteractive Notebook
2Directions
- Highlight the important words within the note
boxes. - Create a picture that describes the notes you
have highlighted. - Create a caption that describes your picture.
Words you highlighted should be in your captions! - Optional Color the picture.
- Save and Study
3General effects of the war
- Much of the South was devastated at the end of
the war (e.g., burning of Atlanta and Richmond). - The collapse of the Confederacy made Confederate
money worthless. - The Southern economy was destroyed.
4Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
5General effects of the war
- Both the Union and the Confederacy suffered
massive losses of soldiers and citizens. - Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes
Booth and succeeded by Andrew Johnson.
6Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
7Basic provisions of the Amendments
- 13th Amendment (1865)
- Bans slavery in the United States and any of its
territories. - 14th Amendment (1868)
- Grants citizenship to all persons born in the
United States and guarantees them equal
protection under the law.
8Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
9Basic provisions of the Amendments
- 15th Amendment (1869)
- Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless
of race or color or previous condition of
servitude. -
- These three amendments guarantee equal protection
under the law for all citizens.
10Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
11Reconstruction policies and problems
- Southern military leaders could not hold office.
- Southerners resented northern carpetbaggers,
who took advantage of the South during
Reconstruction.
12Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
13Reconstruction policies and problems
- African Americans held public offices.
- African Americans gained equal rights as a result
of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which authorized
the use of federal troops for its enforcement.
14Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
15Reconstruction policies and problems
- The Freedmans Bureau was established to help
African Americans. - Northern soldiers supervised the South.
16Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
17Impact of Reconstruction
- Both the North and the South saw industrial
growth. - African Americans were kept from voting in many
states.
18Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.
19Impact of Reconstruction
- Some of the effects of Reconstruction led to the
Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
20Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.