RECONSTRUCTIONBell Work: Read the following poem and answer the questions

Daily Agenda:1. Civil War Quiz (Quizzy-very

little)2. “Better Angels of our

Nature…”3. “O Captain, my Captain…”4. Reconstruction overview

Civil War Quizzy 1. During what years did the Civil War take place? 2. List 3 causes of the Civil War as discussed in class. 3. List 2 strengths of the North and 2 for the South at

the beginning of the war. 4. What strategies did each side attempt to use? 5. What was one of the outcomes of the battles in

the first 2 years? 6. What year is considered the turning point of the

war? (I called this potentially the most important year in U.S. History)

7. Why is that year considered the turning point?

Civil War Quizzy 8. What happened to the “dream of the

South” after Gettysburg? 9. How did the Union respond when the

South surrendered at Appomatox? (can be soldiers, citizens, Gen. Grant)

10. Where did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

11. What was the “new birth of freedom” that Lincoln spoke of in the G.A.?

FRIDAY OCT. 8, 2010Reconstruction: Crossroads of our Nation…

Spark 9 1. Write down these objectives:

Understand Reconstruction Era as an attempt to put the nation back together after the C.W.

Investigate the different plans for Reconstruction

Understand the ways white Southerners attempted to recover Antebellum power structures and social hierarchy

Understand the events that signaled the end of the Rec. era.

Spark 9 # 2: Themes of Reconstruction

Copy down the following themes: Compassionate Reconstruction v. Militant/Radical

Reconstruction President Johnson vs. Congress Plight of the Freedmen Lost Cause- Southern Response to

Reconstruction Failure of Reconstruction (Tilden Compromise)

Better Angels of our Nature…

Discussion Questions… 1.Who was Walt Whitman and what did

he do in the war? 2.Who is the captain Whitman refers to? 3.What does the ship symbolize? 4.What was the prize won? 5.How does this poem demonstrate the

emotion of shock?

O Captain! My Captain!“O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is

done,The ship has weather’d every rock,The prize we sought is won,The port is near,The bell I hear, The people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel,The vessel grim and daring;

O Captain! My Captain! But O heart! Heart! Heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain

lies,Fallen cold and dead.

Discussion Questions… 1.Who was Walt Whitman and what did he do in the war?

American Poet, bro. wounded at Fred., spent war visiting soldiers and vets, wrote poems about war

2.Who is the captain Whitman refers to? Abe Lincoln

3.What does the ship symbolize? The nation-

4.What was the prize won? Preserving the Union-Civil War over, South back in Union

5.How does this poem demonstrate the emotion of shock? Line w/ “heart, heart, heart…”

Preview Questions… 1. Map/Timeline on p. 198-199

What states were considered “the South” for Reconstruction purposes?

2.What is a Radical Republican? 3.What is a carpetbagger? 4.What’s a sharecropper? 5.What is a scalawag?

Writing Prompts- Common Assessment

Pay attention to the following themes over the next few days…

1. How did white Southerners attempt to reestablish racial supremacy (virtual slavery) in the South?

2. What event(s) signaled the end of Reconstruction?

1.What is a Radical Republican? From Lincoln’s party, believed war fought over moral issue of slavery,

main goal of Reconstruction should be TOTAL restructuring of society to guarantee black people true equality

2.What is a carpetbagger? Northern Republicans that moved to south after the war-often seen as

greedy men just trying to profit from Southern misery and gain power 3.What’s a sharecropper?

Farmed some portion of the planter’s land-as payment they were promised a “share” of the harvest, also received housing in return

Close supervision, harsh punishment, fines, unfair evictions, forced into debt-could not leave til debt paid so trapped on plantation

What Antebellum system does “Sharecropping” look/sound like?? 4.What is a scalawag?

In South after war to be white and republican was to be a traitor

Regular History Read Chapter 5 and Sections 1, 2 Define: Reconstruction, pardon, Radical

Republicans, pocket veto, Freedmen’s Bureau, black codes, 14th Amendment, civil rights, impeach, 15th Amendment, carpetbagger, scalawag

Create a Venn Diagram comparing the Reconstruction plans of Lincoln and Johnson…

Comparison DiagramLincoln’s Plan Similarities Johnson’s Plan

Radical Reconstruction Afterwards, describe how Radical

Reconstruction attempted to punish the South.

Give the specific legislation.