The Civil War has been described as "the first modern
war." With the end of this war, how would new technology and industries
thrust the United States into the modern era.
Reconstruction
meant that the South had to rebuild its economy and create a new way of
life.
What
did the end of Slavery mean to the lives of African-Americans in the United
States?
How
did Reconstruction policies affect the civil rights and liberties of freed
African Americans and white southerns?
How
did government policies redefine American democracy during Reconstruction?
Discover:
The differences in the Reconstruction Plans.
The
importance of the Freedmen's Bureau for African Americans.
The Reasons for the Cvivl rights Act of 1871.
The importance of education for the newly freed African Americans.
The meaning of "The New South."
Identify effects of Reconstruction today.
Identify changes that took place in America and explain how these changes
affected all American lives.