1. Think, Pair, Share What does the word reconstruction mean?
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best answer

2. How was the South ‘reconstructed’ between 1866-1877?
Learning Objectives:
Enquire into what the term Reconstruction means in the context of the USA in 1865
Examine the social, political and economic changes which occurred in Southern States during Reconstruction
Evaluate the success of the policy of Reconstruction

3. How was the South ‘reconstructed’ between 1866-1877?
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As you watch this short film note down the key points about the policy of Reconstruction
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(A very good 14 min film on reconstruction from PBS.)
The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War is called the Reconstruction.
Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to The purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become a part of the Union again.

4. The battle between State and Federal Government
The struggle between State powers and the Federal Government, particularly over the treatment of freed slaves did not end at the end of the Civil War. The battle continued as Southern States tried to hang on to their old ideas, especially where African Americans were concerned.
Think how this links to the Black Codes!

5. Where would you place your cards?
You task: What actually happened in the Southern States during the Reconstruction period?
Where would you place your cards?
Economic
Political
Social

6. How successful was Reconstruction in the South?
Reconstruction was a success
Reconstruction was a failure
Use pages from the hand outs and the information cards to complete this table.

7. Was the policy of Reconstruction a success?
The Freedman’s Bureau
The 15th Amendment

8. Was the policy of Reconstruction a success?
The Ku Klux Klan
Carpet Baggers

9. What can you see?
What can you infer?

10. Was the policy of Reconstruction a success?
FAILURE
SUCCESS

11. ‘The ex-slave stood a brief moment in the sun, before it went behind a large cloud for a prolonged period.’ W.E.B. DuBois

12. Describe two ways in which African Americans helped themselves during Reconstruction. (4 marks)