Monday, March 23rd

We started today with a poetry reading from the verses everyone created on Friday. Nice!

We began work on Reconstruction today. Reconstruction was the time period after the Civil War. After R.E. Lee's surrender at Appomatox Court House, VA it became necessary to rebuild the country. Abraham Lincoln had said in his second inaugural address that he wanted "malice toward none and charity for all" and he would proceed with attempting to institute a very lenient peace plan with the South. However, Lincoln will be assassinated and this plan will never take place. A group of Congressmen called the Radical Republicans instead took control of Reconstruction.

You should complete handout #27 by doing the simulation where you will create your own reconstruction plans.

Then read handout #26 that describes the competing plans and their parts. This reading also explains the effects of Reconstruction especially on freed blacks.

From this reading you should complete handout #28. Lincoln's plan will be described in the single section entitled "Lincoln's Plan". The Radical Republican's plan will be described throughout the section. Contrast these plans. You will need to use you text to find the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution. The end of the reading handout #26 will also describe the effect of Reconstruction on freed black and also how the end of Reconstruction affected life in the South.