Reconstruction: A Success or Failure?
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Objective
I can analyze the successes and failures of Reconstruction in the United States.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed during Reconstruction to grant rights to African Americans.
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After the Civil War, many black farmers became sharecroppers, trapping them in a cycle of debt and poverty.
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Although the Reconstruction Amendments had limited short-term impact, they laid the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Practice
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What was the primary goal of Reconstruction following the Civil War?
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
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Exit ticket
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“Identify one way Reconstruction succeeded in changing the lives of African Americans, and one way it failed to do so, according to the video.”
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