Civil War Reconstruction: A Webquest

1. Policies of Reconstruction

     A. Describe the main points of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan for the South.
     B. Who opposed Lincoln's plan and why?
     C. What did Lincoln do to get around the opposition?

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860645.html

     D. Describe two ways Johnson's plan differed from Lincoln's?
     E. What did Johnson hope to accomplish by enacting a harsher plan?

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860646.html

     F. Who were Radical Republicans?

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=623&nm=Radical-Republicans

     G. How did the Radical Republicans respond to Johnson's policies?
     H. Describe why Johnson was impeached and the outcome of the
         impeachment proceedings.

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=509

2. Struggles of the Freedmen

    A. Despite the fact that slaves were finally free they still faced many
        obstacles in their new lives.  Describe some of the struggles they faced.

http://www.sagehistory.net/reconstruction/topics/recon.html

    B. Who enacted the Black Codes and what did they entail?

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/blackcodes/a/blackcodes1865.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860646.html

    C. What were the Jim Crow Laws and where did they exist?

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jimcrowlaw/p/jimcrowoverview.htm

    D. Give some examples of specific Jim Crow Laws.

http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/jimcrowlaws/a/jimcrowlaws.htm

    E. What was the first Ku Klux Klan and why was it formed?
    F. Describe ways in which members frightened and abused African Americans?

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0859144.html

3. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

    A. What did the 13th Amendment do?

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=40

    B. What group showed the strongest support for the 13th Amendment?

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h127.html

    C. Describe one of the earliest attempts to abolish slavery and explain why it
       was unsuccessful.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan31.html

    D. What did the 14th Amendment do?  How did it attempt to protect African
        Americans?

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html

    E. Why didn't the 14th Amendment succeed in guaranteeing equal rights
        to African Americans born in the U.S.?

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/recon/revised_2

    E. Describe what the 15th Amendment did for African Americans.
    F. How did Southerners get around the 15th Amendment?

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html

Going Beyond

Each member of your group must also answer one section below (1, 2, or 3):

1.   
    A. What led to the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Fergusen?
    B. What was the court's decision?
    C. What impact did this court case have on African Americans?

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/307/