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Warm Up: We will look at two maps. Write down: – What is each showing? (Look at the titles) – 2 facts about the maps
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Key People/Ideologies His Reconstruction plan was reconciliation (**which means to agree and come together**) He was willing to grant amnesty, “Saving the union was more important than punishing the South”
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Key People/ Ideologies Also wanted to reconcile with the North. “We must reunite as Americans”, even though many still wanted to fight Became president of Washington College, which is now known as Washington and Lee University
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Key People/Ideologies Fought for the adoption of Constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights for African Americans Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties
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Use your packet #18 to fill in the summary and dates of the Amendments on the following slides. Complete the bottom half underneath each amendment on your own to show you understand the amendment.
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Reconstruction Amendments 13 th Amendment (1865) – banned slavery in the United States and all of it’s territories
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Reconstruction Amendments 14 th Amendment (1866) – grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.
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3 Key 15 th Amendment (1869) – ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude Reconstruction Amendments
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