1. Major Unit Questions … Was the Civil War inevitable?
(2) Was the Era of Reconstruction a failure or success?
(3) What do we do about these Confederate monuments and other symbols of the Confederacy?

2. Why was Reconstruction a Revolution?
Freedmen’s Bureau
Military
Reconstruction Act
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Political Representation

3. Reconstruction
Era between 1865 to 1877, involving “bringing” the states back into the Union and changing institutions.
Was it a success or failure? Tough question.

4. African American Representation Achievements
Served in government as mayors, police chiefs, state representatives and in the United States Congress.
Blanche Bruce (1875 – 81)
Hiram Revels (1870 – 71)

5. *** Rise of the Ku Klux Klan

6. 2nd Era of “Reconstruction” The Civil Rights Era (1954 – 1968)

7. Freedmen’s Bureau Assisting those displaced by the Civil War:
[1] Food, water, and other essentials
Assisting freed slaves after the Civil War:
[2] Establish schools for education
[3] Health care & legal services
[4] Establish labor contracts

8. Freedmen’s Bureau and Education

9. Imagine being a former slave and now a “Freedman” … How significant is this change?
No state-supported, mandatory school system existed in the South.
The Bureau spent $5 million to establish schools.
By 1865, 90,000 former slaves were enrolled in schools.
Attendance rates were between 79% - 82%.

10. Worksheet Questions on Reconstruction