Rebuilding after the Civil War What visions of
Rebuilding after the Civil War
§ What visions of freedom did the former slaves and slaveholders pursue in the post-war South? § What were the goals and competing visions for Reconstruction? § What were the social and political effects of Radical Reconstruction in the South? § What were the main factors in both the North and the South for the abandonment of Reconstruction? § Was Reconstruction successful?
§ Class work (notes, openers, closers, etc. ) § Textbook notes (Chapter 12) § Participation (partner work, group work, etc. ) § Political Cartoon analysis § Political Cartoon creation § Unit Test (3 rd week in March)
§ Period AFTER the Civil War § Remember: Antebellum America was the period BEFORE the Civil War, 1800 -1860, when tensions between North and South were increasing § The North won the war, and the country is now “united, ” but how will the country move forward? § Reconstruction: period of rebuilding, remaking the Union
§ Lincoln assassinated § Southern land, property destroyed § Country divided § Slaves free, but landless and without options § Southern economy in shambles; slave labor no longer an option § Competing ideas about how to move forward
§ Recall your responses with your partner—what would be best? § Remember: no one wants another Civil War
§ Andrew Johnson § Presidential Reconstruction § Radical Reconstruction § Status of Southern plantations § Labor Contracts § Challenges facing freedmen
§ Take notes on Section 1 of Chapter 12
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