Coach D class

1. How did Reconstruction policies shape the lives of freed African Americans?

• The federal government passed laws like the Civil Rights Act and intervened to protect African American rights, but withdrew support by 1877, allowing Southern states to enact discriminatory laws.

• Southern states resisted through Black Codes, violence from groups like the Klan, and voter suppression tactics such as literacy tests and poll taxes.

• Reconstruction succeeded in legally abolishing slavery and granting civil rights but failed to secure lasting social and economic equality. The end of federal intervention allowed the South to reimpose racial segregation and disenfranchisement.

• Reconstruction offered African Americans legal freedom and citizenship through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. They gained political rights, but economic hardship, sharecropping, and violent opposition limited their progress.

2. To what extent did Reconstruction succeed or fail?

• Reconstruction offered African Americans legal freedom and citizenship through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. They gained political rights, but economic hardship, sharecropping, and violent opposition limited their progress.

• Reconstruction succeeded in legally abolishing slavery and granting civil rights but failed to secure lasting social and economic equality. The end of federal intervention allowed the South to reimpose racial segregation and disenfranchisement.

• The federal government passed laws like the Civil Rights Act and intervened to protect African American rights, but withdrew support by 1877, allowing Southern states to enact discriminatory laws.

• Southern states resisted through Black Codes, violence from groups like the Klan, and voter suppression tactics such as literacy tests and poll taxes.

3. How did Southern states resist Reconstruction efforts?

• resisted through Black Codes, violence from groups like the Klan, and voter suppression tactics such as literacy tests and poll taxes.

• Industrialization created wealth for elites but worsened conditions for workers, leading to exploitation, low wages, and unsafe working environments for the poor and immigrants.

• Economic growth brought technological advances and job creation but also increased inequality, labor exploitation, and environmental harm.

• The federal government passed laws like the Civil Rights Act and intervened to protect African American rights, but withdrew support by 1877, allowing Southern states to enact discriminatory laws.

The ____________ passed laws like the Civil Rights Act and intervened to protect African American rights, but withdrew support by 1877, allowing Southern states to enact discriminatory laws.

5. How did industrialization impact different social classes?

• African Americans fought for civil rights and political representation, while women advocated for suffrage, culminating in the 19th Amendment for women’s voting rights.

• created wealth for elites but worsened conditions for workers, leading to exploitation, low wages, and unsafe working environments for the poor and immigrants.

• Economic growth brought technological advances and job creation but also increased inequality, labor exploitation, and environmental harm.

• The federal government passed laws like the Civil Rights Act and intervened to protect African American rights, but withdrew support by 1877, allowing Southern states to enact discriminatory laws.

6. What were the benefits and drawbacks of the rapid economic expansion?

• Industrialization created wealth for elites but worsened conditions for workers, leading to exploitation, low wages, and unsafe working environments for the poor and immigrants.

• Economic growth brought technological advances and job creation but also increased inequality, labor exploitation, and environmental harm.

• Labor unions formed to fight for better wages, hours, and working conditions, often facing violent resistance from business owners and the government.

_____ ______formed to fight for better wages, hours, and working conditions, often facing violent resistance from business owners and the government.

________ _________fought for civil rights and political representation, while ________ advocated for suffrage, culminating in the 19th Amendment for women’s voting rights.