Study Guide - Unit Six: Reconstruction

Due Date	Assignment
Thurs., Dec. 1	TEST
Mon., Dec. 5	1. Read p. 350 – 355 2. Answer questions 1 – 5 3. Fill in the Reconstruction Chart
Tues., Dec. 6	1. Read p. 356 – 362 (to “Changes in the Southern Economy”) 2. Answer questions 6 - 8
Weds., Dec. 7	1. Read p. 362 – 370 ( to “Judicial and Popular Support Fades”) 2. Answer questions 9 - 12
Thurs., Dec. 8	1. Read p. 370 – 373 2. Answer questions 13 – 14
Fri., Dec. 9	Work on Centers
Mon., Dec. 12	Work on Centers
Tues., Dec. 13	Discussion of your topic due
Weds., Dec. 14	All Centers Materials are Due Today
Thurs., Dec. 15	Review for Midterm
Mon., Dec. 19	Midterm

Reading Questions - Reconstruction

1.	Fill out the Reconstruction Chart as you read.
2.	Identify the following: Freedmen’s Bureau, Black Codes, Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Enforcement Act of 1870
3.	Explain what happened during the 1866 Congressional elections and why this result was significant.
4.	Why was Andrew Johnson impeached and what was the end result?
5.	What was the connection between the election of 1868 and the Fifteen Amendment? What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
6.	List the reasons why there were such economic problems in the Postwar South.
7.	Define scalawags and carpetbaggers.
8.	Summarize the information on former slaves and how they tried to improve their lives.
9.	How did changes in the Southern economy help white landowners to reassert their power?
10.	How did whites achieve control of Southern politics?
11.	What were the political and economic reasons that Grant’s administration was weakened?
12.	How did the Supreme Court and lack of support weaken Reconstruction?
13.	Summarize the election of 1876 and describe its effect on Reconstruction.
14.	Do you feel that Reconstruction was a success or a failure? Write a paragraph explaining why.

Identifications – Reconstruction

1.	Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan	12.	Reconstruction Act of 1867	23.	Liberal Republicans
2.	Radical Republicans	13.	Tenure of Office Act	24.	Election of 1872
3.	Thaddeus Stevens	14.	Impeachment of Johnson	25.	Panic of 1873
4.	Wade Davis Bill	15.	Civil Rights Act of 1875	26.	Specie Resumption Act
5.	Andrew Johnson	16.	Ulysses Grant	27.	Slaughterhouse cases
6.	Johnson’s plan of Reconstruction	17.	Fifteenth Amendment	28.	U.S. v. Cruikshank
7.	Freedmen’s Bureau	18.	Ku Klux Klan	29.	Southern Redeemers
8.	Civil Rights Act of 1866	19.	Enforcement Acts	30.	Election of 1876
9.	Black Codes	20.	Amnesty Act	31.	Rutherford B. Hayes
10.	Fourteenth Amendment	21.	Credit Mobilier Scandal	32.	Samuel J. Tilden
11.	1866 Congressional Election	22.	Whiskey Ring Scandal		Home Rule

Themes

Reconstruction

o What were the differences among the various plans for Reconstruction? What did they have in common? What were the strengths and weaknesses of each plan?

o What were the motives of the Radical Republicans in choosing harsh political, social, and military Reconstruction measures in the South?

o Why did the Radical Republicans try to impeach Andrew Johnson and why did they fail?

o What were the short-run and long-term impacts of the Civil War Amendments?

o What was the plight of the freedmen in the South? How did they fare economically?

o What were the major accomplishments of Republican Reconstruction?

o Why did the KKK arise and how did its activities change over the course of Reconstruction?

o How did blacks in the South fare during Congressional Reconstruction?

o What happened during Grant’s presidency?

o What were the political scandals of his administration? What was the political impact of the scandals of the period?

o What happened during the Election of 1876?

o Why did Reconstruction end? What were the short-term and long-term consequences of its end?

o Was Reconstruction a total failure?