A Time to Rebuild
Reconstruction was a time of challenges, opportunities and forgotten promises. As you wrote your narrative of the years after the Civil War, you told of the complexity of economic, social, and political problems facing this country. You wrote about the efforts by Congress to extend citizenship to all born in the United States and voting rights to former male slaves. In addition, Congress established the Freedman’s Bureau to provide support services and education to former slaves in an effort to integrate these families into the economic life of the community.
While many positive steps were made towards establishing a new political order, many southern whites violently opposed the changes. In 1866, the Ku Klux Klan was established to “defend the social and political superiority” of whites. They resorted to harassment, whippings, cross burnings and lynching in an effort to keep the former slaves in “their place.” In addition, Black Codes and Jim Crow laws were enforced that hampered the newly freed people in their efforts to vote and establish economic strength.
After approximately ten years of military occupation of the south, the Compromise of 1877 led to the “election” of Rutherford B. Hayes and the removal of federal troops.
Expansion of American Industry
You have received your last packet of activities for the year. This coming week we will focus on the growth of industry, establishment of labor unions, and the final push west.
It is especially important that you take the time to do the worksheets in conjunction with the variety of text books and other sources you have on hand as many of the questions on the final come from the packets.
Final Exam
In addition to the packets, you will have your portfolio resources, a study guide (which will be worth additional points) as well as the blog to help you review. It only takes 2 or 3 minutes to read each blog entry, so in a matter of about 45 minutes you could read through all the blog entries for this quarter as part of your review for the final. The blog also provides many live links in case you need to refresh your understanding of specific issues and topics we have discussed this year.
“John Adams”
This is a friendly reminder to the period 2 class that you need to finish reading the last two chapters of “John Adams.” I will drop the writing assignment for these two chapters but you will need to finish reading the book to answer the essay on the final as well as some of the multiple choice questions. Let me warn you, have a box of tissues near by as you read about the final years of JA and his good friend TJ.
Current Events
We are back on our Day 1 and Day 4 schedule for current events. This week your article must be about business or labor. As an added bonus, extra points will be earned if you bring in an article that contains any of the new vocabulary from your packet or refers to one of the names from your Robber Baron worksheet.
While many positive steps were made towards establishing a new political order, many southern whites violently opposed the changes. In 1866, the Ku Klux Klan was established to “defend the social and political superiority” of whites. They resorted to harassment, whippings, cross burnings and lynching in an effort to keep the former slaves in “their place.” In addition, Black Codes and Jim Crow laws were enforced that hampered the newly freed people in their efforts to vote and establish economic strength.
After approximately ten years of military occupation of the south, the Compromise of 1877 led to the “election” of Rutherford B. Hayes and the removal of federal troops.
Expansion of American Industry
You have received your last packet of activities for the year. This coming week we will focus on the growth of industry, establishment of labor unions, and the final push west.
It is especially important that you take the time to do the worksheets in conjunction with the variety of text books and other sources you have on hand as many of the questions on the final come from the packets.
Final Exam
In addition to the packets, you will have your portfolio resources, a study guide (which will be worth additional points) as well as the blog to help you review. It only takes 2 or 3 minutes to read each blog entry, so in a matter of about 45 minutes you could read through all the blog entries for this quarter as part of your review for the final. The blog also provides many live links in case you need to refresh your understanding of specific issues and topics we have discussed this year.
“John Adams”
This is a friendly reminder to the period 2 class that you need to finish reading the last two chapters of “John Adams.” I will drop the writing assignment for these two chapters but you will need to finish reading the book to answer the essay on the final as well as some of the multiple choice questions. Let me warn you, have a box of tissues near by as you read about the final years of JA and his good friend TJ.
Current Events
We are back on our Day 1 and Day 4 schedule for current events. This week your article must be about business or labor. As an added bonus, extra points will be earned if you bring in an article that contains any of the new vocabulary from your packet or refers to one of the names from your Robber Baron worksheet.
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