Rebuilding after the Civil War

 What visions of freedom did the former slaves and slaveholders pursue in the post-war South?  What were the goals and competing visions for Reconstruction?  What were the social and political effects of Radical Reconstruction in the South?  What were the main factors in both the North and the South for the abandonment of Reconstruction?  Was Reconstruction successful?

 Class work (notes, openers, closers, etc.)  Textbook notes (Chapter 12)  Participation (partner work, group work, etc.)  Political Cartoon analysis  Political Cartoon creation  Unit Test (3 rd week in March)

 Period AFTER the Civil War  Remember: Antebellum America was the period BEFORE the Civil War, , when tensions between North and South were increasing  The North won the war, and the country is now “united,” but how will the country move forward?  Reconstruction: period of rebuilding, remaking the Union

 Lincoln assassinated  Southern land, property destroyed  Country divided  Slaves free, but landless and without options  Southern economy in shambles; slave labor no longer an option  Competing ideas about how to move forward

 Recall your responses with your partner—what would be best?  Remember: no one wants another Civil War

 Andrew Johnson  Presidential Reconstruction  Radical Reconstruction  Status of Southern plantations  Labor Contracts  Challenges facing freedmen

 Take notes on Section 1 of Chapter 12