Reconstruction

=Unit 8 - January 3 - 12, 2010 (4 days)=

Day 1 - Pre-test


 * How did American society change - especially Southern society - from 1865 - 1895?
 * What were the different Reconstruction plans for bringing Southern States back into the Union?
 * How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments impact African Americans? Southern Whites? Northern Whites?

Day 2 -
 * What factors prevented full freedom for African Americans after their emanicpation from slavery?
 * How do the "Three Stages of Reconstruction" help explain the violence of the period?
 * Why was President Johnson impeached? Why did the impeachmebnt fail to remove him as President?

Day 3 -
 * Why was the Grant administration considered corrupt? What scandals marred his administration?
 * What factors led to the Compromise of 1877 which ended the Reconstruction period?
 * How did Plessy v. Fergeson impact African American culture in the South?

Day 4 - Test on Civil War & Reconstruction

Civil Rights Era - A conclusion to Segregation

Vocabulary

1. Little Rock Nine 2. Black Panthers 3. Martin Luther King Jr. 4. Malcolm X 5. Marcus Garvey 6. Harlem Renaissance 7. Black Migration (p. 630) 8. Sit ins 9. Thrugood Marshall 10. Montgomery Bus Boycott 11. Black Muslims (Nation of Islam) 12. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 13. Rosa Parks 14. Civil Rights Act, 1964 15. Voting Rights Act. 1965 16. Civil Disobedience