Name __________________________________
Port Richmond High School Timothy Gannon, Principal
United States History Ms. Goffredo
Reconstruction
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html Once you have logged on, go directly to the above link.
1. Read the section labeled “Introduction”. Why is reconstruction relevant to us today?
2. “A New Birth of Freedom” Explain Lincoln’s 105 plan.
3. “The Meaning of Freedom” Describe the reactions of Northerners, Southerners and African Americans to Emancipation.
4. “From Slave Labor to Free Labor”
a. Explain sharecropping, what are the positive and negative aspects of this system?
b. How did the life of the white farmer change?
5. “Rights and Power” Describe the reconstruction plans of:
a. Lincoln
b. Johnson
c. Radical Republicans
Descibe the Black Codes. Why were they written?
6. “The Ending of Reconstruction” Why did reconstruction end?
7. Choose a political cartoon that moves you. Write the title, date and author. Describe what you see and the message you think it conveys.
8. Why is reconstruction important? What impact do you think it will have on the rest of American history?
Now that you are done..... email it to me! cgoffre@schools.nyc.gov
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