Reconstruction Interactive Notebook

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ReconstructionInteractive Notebook

• By Ms. Guidry
• SOL 6.10

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Directions

• 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

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General 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.

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Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.

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General 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.

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Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.

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Basic 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.

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Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.

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Basic 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.

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Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.

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Reconstruction policies and problems

• Southern military leaders could not hold office.
• Southerners resented northern carpetbaggers,
  who took advantage of the South during
  Reconstruction.

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notes.

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Reconstruction 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.

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notes.

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Reconstruction policies and problems

• The Freedmans Bureau was established to help
  African Americans.
• Northern soldiers supervised the South.

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notes.

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Impact of Reconstruction

• Both the North and the South saw industrial
  growth.
• African Americans were kept from voting in many
  states.

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notes.

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Impact of Reconstruction

• Some of the effects of Reconstruction led to the
  Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

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Create a picture and caption that represents the
notes.