The Promise of Reconstruction 1865-1868

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What does the word 'reconstruction' mean to you in your own words?

Multiple Choice

How many slaves were freed after the civil war according to the slide?

• 8 million

• 2

• 4 million

• 16,000

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What were some priorities that people had after being freed?

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What is this cartoon implying about the freedman's bureau?

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How was sharecropping different than slavery?

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Why would education be important to former enslaved people?

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Why would the southern ruling class NOT want African Americans to be educated?

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What reason would African Americans be met with violence for asking for small tokens of respect?

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Why would President Andrew Johnson think that an African American person could not run a government?

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What was the intention of black codes?

Multiple Choice

True or False- The first Civil Rights amendment of 1866 passed with no issue.

• True

• False

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Which amendment do you think had the most impact on African Americans?

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How would a southern state be readmitted to the United States?

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What does Fredrick Douglass refer to when he says "privileged class"? Why does having a special class of people deny equal rights?