Unit 4.2

September 14th,
2023

Good morning!

●Come in and find your assigned group

●Look over and revise or work on finishing your
primary source activity

●If you finish early: Unit 4 Vocabulary

○Quizlet in GC

●Happy Thursday!:)

Unit 4.2
Changes in the
South & West

Standard 2. CC - Differentiate the patterns of continuity and change within the
development of sectionalism and reunion. (Encourage inquiry into actions of the
legislative and judicial branches).

Multiple Choice

Which political party supported Congressional Reconstruction?

• Republicans

• Democrats

• Abolitionists

• Federalists

Multiple Choice

Which political party opposed the 14th Amendment and why?

• 
  The Republican Party opposed the 14th Amendment because they believed the states were responsible for protecting the rights of freedmen, not the federal government.

• The Democratic Party opposed the 14th Amendment because they believed the states were responsible for protecting the rights of freedmen, not the federal government.

• 
  The Republican Party opposed the 14th Amendment because they believed the Constitution did not give the federal government the power to amend the Constitution.

• The Democratic Party opposed the 14th Amendment because they believed the states should be held more accountable to protect the rights of freedmen.

Multiple Choice

Which piece of legislation would the Democratic party oppose?

• Black Codes

• Election of Andrew Johnson

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Election of Abraham Lincoln

Outline of Today:

Revising note cards from
yesterday & review

REVISION
01

03

02

04
What can we learn from
primary sources?

PRIMARY SOURCES

Timeline of the second half
of Reconstruction in Unit 4
Notes

TIMELINE

How did the government’s
actions change after 1877?

CONTINUITY & CHANGE

REVISION

01

I can identify differing opinions on the
return to “home rule.”

TIMELINE

02

I can identify differing opinions on the
return to “home rule.”

Reconstruction Timeline

1870

15th Amendment: voting rights

1873

Colfax Massacre: Former Confederate soldiers and KKK clash with Black Militia in LA (Louisiana)

1874

Democrats win Congress: Power shifting

1875

Civil Rights Act of ‘75: affirmed “ equality of all men before the law”and prohibited racial
discrimination in public places and facilities

Reconstruction Timeline

1876: Disputed Election

●Both claim they won

1877: Compromise of 1877

●Southern Democrats will give Republicans
the presidency in exchange for troops
removed from South

1896: Plessy v Ferguson

●Separate but equal

Jim Crow Laws

●legal segregation in all public facilities (esp
the South)

1896

Plessy v Ferguson: Separate but equal

Jim Crow Laws: legal segregation in all public facilities (esp the South)

Convict Leasing System: forced labor of prisoners “rented” by plantation
owners or businesses

Southern attempts to undo the 15th Amendment: Poll tax, grandfather clause,
literacy tests

PRIMARY SOURCES

03

I can identify differing opinions on the
return to “home rule.”

What are sources?

Definition: immediate,
first-hand accounts of a
topic, from people who had a
direct connection with it

●Original source of
information

Examples:

PRIMARY SOURCES

Definition: a document or recording that
relates or discusses information originally
presented elsewhere.

●Gives information about a primary
source

Examples:

SECONDARY SOURCES

SOURCE: a place, person, or thing from which something
comes or can be obtained.

How to read a
primary source:

1.If there is an introduction, read this portion of
the source first.

2.Read through the primary source.

3.Circle any words that are unfamiliar to you.

4.Underline important words or phrases that are important to this text.

5.Think through: Who, what, when, where, why?

6.Answer questions at the bottom of your source

CONTINUITY &
CHANGE

04

Note Card Reflection

1. What is a continuing action of the government
   regarding protecting individuals rights?

2. What is a changing action of the government
   regarding protecting individuals rights?

A closer look…

Continuity: the maintenance of continuous
action

●Something that is continuing, staying
the same

Changes: the act or instance of making or
becoming different

Continuity or Change?

13th Amendment

Plessy v Ferguson

14th Amendment

Note Card Reflection

1. What is a continuing action of the government
   regarding protecting individuals rights?

2. What is a changing action of the government
   regarding protecting individuals rights?