Intro to Reconstruction

Introduction to
Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

The time period after the Civil War is called ...

• Civil Rights Movement

• Reconstruction

• Imperialism

• The Industrial Revolution

Multiple Choice

A change to the Constitution is called a(n) ...

• Bill of Right

• Declaration

• Amendment

• Law

So far this year, we have covered the first 10 Amendments...

Multiple Choice

What do you think the 11th Amendment was about?

• prohibits federal courts from hearing cases in which a state is sued by an individual from another state or another country

• establishes the succession line to the presidency [in other words, who becomes president if the president dies...vice president dies...etc]

• Abolishing slavery

Multiple Choice

What do you think the 12th Amendment was about?

• Women's Suffrage

• Abolishes slavery

• It revises and outlines the procedure of how Presidents and Vice Presidents are elected, specifically so that they are elected together.

Multiple Choice

Next, I will be showing you a brief video clip on the THREE "The Civil War Amendments."

Take a guess! Which of the following was NOT a Civil War Amendment...

• Secured full equality for both/all men and women

• abolition of slavery

• citizenship to all people born in the US

• gave African Americans the right to vote

Thank you for being responsible . . . :)

'45' your laptop and watch the video on the screen titled "Civil War Amendments"

Multiple Choice

If the 13th Amendment = Abolishing slavery

If the 14th Amendment = Citizenship ...

What was the 15th needed for?

• To protect voting rights

• To protect voting rights for African American males

• Income tax

Poll

Before the Civil War was even over ... it would be very important for Lincoln to make sure Congress passed the 13th Amendment before a Confederate surrender or peace offering.

• True

• False

Poll

Before the war was even over, Lincoln had a plan to rebuild the country.

Q: What do you think Lincoln's plan was when it came to allowing Southern States back into the Union with their previous government privileges?

• Punish these once seceded states harshly for the serious harm and damage they have caused

• Place hardly any punishments on the South

Poll

1. How could Congress best incorporate the former enslaved into society?

• Make more promises and proclamations

• Propose Amendments to the Constitution

Multiple Choice

Immediately after Congress votes to approve an Amendment...the law is added to the Constitution.

• True

• False ... I feel like there is another round of voting/approval ...

Thank you for being responsible . . . :)

'45' your laptop and let's take some notes!

Multiple Choice

Lincoln's successor [Vice President Andrew _______] would be even more lenient than Lincoln when it came to forgiving the South.

• Jackson

• B. Hayes

• Johnson

Multiple Choice

Under Johnson's plan, in order for Southern states to rejoin the Union, they had to ...

• Ratify [approve] the 13th Amendment

• Swear an oath to Jefferson Davis

• Allow women suffrage

Thank you for being responsible . . . :)

'45' your laptop and let's take some notes!

Open Ended

Make a prediction! How might the South go about resisting change?

Thank you for being responsible . . . :)

QUIZIZZ OVER! Head to Schoology to complete the EdPuzzle on the Amendment Process