Unit 5: Reconstruction
Enduring Understandings
At the end of this unit the student will understand that:
• For a democracy to endure, all of its citizens should have political, social, and economic rights and responsibilities.
• All decisions have both benefits and costs.
• Geography influences the way societies develop.
• The growth and development of a nation are influenced by social, political, and economic factors.
Concepts to Maintain
• Cooperation, change, and conflict resolution as the United States rebuilds through Reconstruction
• Civic ideas of due process and civil rights
• Governing through the amendment process and the purpose of key amendments
• Benefits and costs of economic development in the United States
Evidence of Learning
What students should know:
• The effects of the war on the North and the South.
• The freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights and the purpose of the 13th amendment and the ending of slavery in the United States.
• The purpose of the 14th amendment and the rights of citizenship and for the right to due process of law.
• The purpose of the 15th amendment and the right for all men regardless of race to have the right to vote.
• How and why amendments are added to the Constitution.
• The work of the Freedmen's Bureau.
• Sharecropping was a replacement for slavery in the South and helped maintain the agricultural economy.
• The court decision of Plessey vs. Ferguson led to the establishment of "Jim Crow" laws which led to years of segregation in the country.
• The factors which influenced industrial growth in the United States: Transcontinental railroad, mining, Homestead Act
• The concept of supply and demand.
• An entrepreneur will take risks to develop new goods and services to start a business.
Essential Questions
• How are a citizen's rights protected by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
• Why did newly freed men decide to sharecrop?
• How did location influence the development of industry in the United States during Reconstruction?
• How did Reconstruction change the lives of African Americans in the South?
• How did the Jim Crow laws and social customs of the South affect the lives of African Americans?
At the end of this unit the student will understand that:
• For a democracy to endure, all of its citizens should have political, social, and economic rights and responsibilities.
• All decisions have both benefits and costs.
• Geography influences the way societies develop.
• The growth and development of a nation are influenced by social, political, and economic factors.
Concepts to Maintain
• Cooperation, change, and conflict resolution as the United States rebuilds through Reconstruction
• Civic ideas of due process and civil rights
• Governing through the amendment process and the purpose of key amendments
• Benefits and costs of economic development in the United States
Evidence of Learning
What students should know:
• The effects of the war on the North and the South.
• The freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights and the purpose of the 13th amendment and the ending of slavery in the United States.
• The purpose of the 14th amendment and the rights of citizenship and for the right to due process of law.
• The purpose of the 15th amendment and the right for all men regardless of race to have the right to vote.
• How and why amendments are added to the Constitution.
• The work of the Freedmen's Bureau.
• Sharecropping was a replacement for slavery in the South and helped maintain the agricultural economy.
• The court decision of Plessey vs. Ferguson led to the establishment of "Jim Crow" laws which led to years of segregation in the country.
• The factors which influenced industrial growth in the United States: Transcontinental railroad, mining, Homestead Act
• The concept of supply and demand.
• An entrepreneur will take risks to develop new goods and services to start a business.
Essential Questions
• How are a citizen's rights protected by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
• Why did newly freed men decide to sharecrop?
• How did location influence the development of industry in the United States during Reconstruction?
• How did Reconstruction change the lives of African Americans in the South?
• How did the Jim Crow laws and social customs of the South affect the lives of African Americans?
Reconstruction Resources:
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Reconstruction Vocabulary List
Reconstruction Study Guide (Blank)
Reconstruction Study Guide (With Answers)
Reconstruction Vocabulary List
Reconstruction Study Guide (Blank)
Reconstruction Study Guide (With Answers)