Image Source - Documenting Reconstruction Violence in America
Standard
HS.H3.2 Analyze how ideologies, religion, and belief systems have influenced economic, political, and social institutions over time.
Learning Target
I am able to identify and explain the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era on the freedom and rights of Black people in the United States.
Instructions
Explore the Website - Documenting Reconstruction Violence in America
Read the following PDFs Introduction - Backlash and the Ku Klux Klan and Reconstruction Violence
Guided Notes
Using the readings, what was the response of white Democrats in the South, white moderates and Republicans in the North towards the newly freed African Americans? Provide specific examples such as statistics or specific events.
HS.H3.2 Analyze how ideologies, religion, and belief systems have influenced economic, political, and social institutions over time.
Learning Target
I am able to identify and explain the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era on the freedom and rights of Black people in the United States.
Instructions
Explore the Website - Documenting Reconstruction Violence in America
Read the following PDFs Introduction - Backlash and the Ku Klux Klan and Reconstruction Violence
Guided Notes
Using the readings, what was the response of white Democrats in the South, white moderates and Republicans in the North towards the newly freed African Americans? Provide specific examples such as statistics or specific events.
| Introduction - Backlash and the Ku Klux Klan |
| Reconstruction Violence |
Additional Readings
Article - Southern Violence During Reconstruction
Book - Black Reconstruction by W.E.B Du Bois
Book - The Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner
Book - Black Reconstruction by W.E.B Du Bois
Book - The Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner