1. Unit 3: Civil War

2. # African-Americans in Congress
Years
# African-Americans in Congress 15 2 4 3 5 1 7 21
What do you notice? Why do you think this happened?

3. Reconstruction
A period of rebuilding (especially the South) & reorganization
thousands of former slaves suddenly found themselves free individuals
Much of what happened during this time will set the stage for race relations that continue today

4. Segregation System of racial “etiquette”
Keeps oppressed group separate from oppressor when both are doing equal tasks, but allows closeness when the tasks are unequal
Ex: when learning the multiplication tables, schools must be separated, but when cooking or cleaning for white employers, black Americans can be in the same households
Segregation thus implies that the oppressed people are inferior

5. Objectives What happened after the Civil War?
Why did it take 100 years for black Americans to get equal rights?

6. Think. Pair. Share.
“And Not This Man?” “Colored Rule in a Reconstructed(?) State” August 5, 1865 March 14, 1874

7. James Loewen Professor of Sociology at University of Vermont
Research with the Smithsonian Institute
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Q: What happened during Reconstruction?

8. Lies My Teacher Told Me
Carefully read the selection from Loewen’s book
Use the questions to find the key pieces of information
Answer the questions as you read