1. Reconstruction Amendments
Unit 3
USII 3a

2. Vocabulary
Reconstruction: The rebuilding and reunification of The South after the end of the Civil War

3. Reconstruction
The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union;

4. Reconstruction
reconstruction

5. 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
These three amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens

6. 13th Amendment
Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln

7. 14th Amendment
Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection

8. 15th Amendment
Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous conditions of servitude

10. Student Activity Foldable activity Fold paper hotdog style
Fold hotdog into tri-folds
Cut one side of hotdog on folds
On the outside of each fold label with one amendment
Inside the fold write what each amendment did
On the back of the fold draw a picture representing each amendment

11. Student Activity
Create a foldable of the Reconstruction Amendments using the following information
13th Amendment-Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories
14th Amendment-Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection
15th Amendment-Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous conditions of servitude