Part I. A Picture Representing Reconstruction (50 Points)
A) Find A Current Picture That Reminds You of the Reconstruction Period - It cannot be a picture from or of anything that actually happened in the Reconstruction period. It has to be a picture from today. Put this picture at the top of your document and answer the questions below.
B) Writing About the Picture
Sentence 1: What is the picture?
Sentence 2: “This picture reminds me of _____ in Reconstruction.
Sentence 3: One reason why it represents Reconstruction is…
Sentence 4: Another reason why it represents Reconstruction…
C) “Two other things I could have used as a picture representing Reconstruction might be… (Give me 2 more pictures and write sentence #2 for each one. So you should have a total of 3 pictures and 6 sentences for Part I)
Part II - Comparing the Reconstruction Plans (30 Points)
Make a chart showing each of the following Reconstruction plans and answer the questions that follow underneath your charts.
***Lincoln Plan, Johnson Plan, Radical Republican (Congressional) Plan
A) Which was best for Southerners? + 1 Sentence explaining why.
B) Which was best for African-Americans? + 1 Sentence explaining why.
C) Which was best for the US? + 1 sentence explaining why.
Part III - Relate to Today (20 Points)
Pick either ex-President Donald Trump or President Joseph Biden and answer the following question by writing a paragraph:
If this President had been in charge during Reconstruction, instead of US Grant, would things have been different? Explain.
Dale Thompson
Period 3
Reconstruction Test
Part I - The Picture
Part 1A
Part 1B
1) This is a picture of ____________ from this year
2) This picture reminds me of the __________ in Reconstruction
3) One reason why it represents Reconstruction is how the ____________.
4) Another reason it represents Reconstruction is the way it ____________.
Part 1C
Two other pictures I might have used from today to represent Reconstruction might be
The 1st one reminds me of __________ in Reconstruction.
The 2nd one reminds me of ___________ in Reconstruction.
Part 2 - The Plans
Lincoln Plan
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Johnson Plan
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Congressional Plan
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2A) The best plans for Southerners would be _____ because…
2B) The best plan for African-Americans would be _____ because…
2C) The best plan for the US would be _____ because...
Part III - President Paragraph
I pick President Biden
If President Biden had been in charge during Reconstruction it would have been a lot different. One thing….Another thing….Lastly,..... That’s why he …...
Lincoln Assassination
Different Plans or ways of dealing with government (Lincoln, Congress, Johnson)
Freedmen - Jobs? Helping? Land? Things they did?
Racism/Prejudice: Plessy v Ferguson, KKK,Grandfather Clauses, Poll Taxes
Impeachment-President v Congress
Compromising in Government: Election 1876
Corrupt Government - President Grant and his corrupt associates
Martial Law - Military Governments in the South
Rights - 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments