1. Learning Target: I can analyze a secondary source to determine if the time period of Reconstruction was a success or failure.
Do Now: Create a T chart assessing positive and negatives of Reconstruction. Provide examples.

2. Positives and Negatives of Reconstruction T Chart

3. Activity Read the document on the legacy of Reconstruction
Highlight and annotate the text
Answer the guided questions and share responses
1) What demands did Southern Democrats make in the Compromise of 1877?
2) Why do you think the Republicans were willing to agree to the Compromise of 1877 and end Reconstruction?
3) What does Phillips’ quotes say about the relationship between northerners and southerners?

4. Essential Question
Would you consider the time period of Reconstruction a success? Why or why not? Explain.