RECONSTRUCTION Bell 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, 2010 Reconstruction: 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  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, 14 th Amendment, civil rights, impeach, 15 th Amendment, carpetbagger, scalawag  Create a Venn Diagram comparing the Reconstruction plans of Lincoln and Johnson…

Comparison Diagram Lincoln’s PlanSimilaritiesJohnson’s Plan

Radical Reconstruction  Afterwards, describe how Radical Reconstruction attempted to punish the South.  Give the specific legislation.