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Reconstruction Unit Lincoln’s Assassination & 13th Amendment – Graphic Notes Organizer #2 Companion to PowerPoint presentation #2

In-Class Note-Taking

A. What Andrew Johnson called his plan for Reconstruction.

B. A famous actor, Southern spy and rebel sympathizer who

assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

C. The only Congressman who remained loyal to the Union

when his Southern state seceded. He later became

President after only serving six weeks as Vice President.

D. The name of the play attended by Abraham Lincoln at

Ford’s theater where he was assassinated.

E. To murder an important person in a surprise attack for

political or religious reasons.

F. A modification made to the U.S. Constitution making

slavery illegal.

_______ John Wilkes Booth

_______ Assassinate

_______ Andrew Johnson

_______ Our American Cousin

_______ Thirteenth Amendment

_______ Presidential Reconstruction

NAME __________________________________

Period/Section/Mod: ___________

Vocabulary

Today’s Thinking Focus

Question:

Why did Congress oppose Johnson’s Reconstruction plan?

Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan

What Do You Think?

Should elected officials that held office in the Confederacy be allowed

to serve as representatives for their Southern states in the United

States Congress? Explain your answer.

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Why is the 13th Amendment needed when Lincoln freed

the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?




In-Class Note-Taking

NAME __________________________________


The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

DIRECTIONS: Determine the six most important “scenes” that occurred in the assassination of President Lincoln.

Illustrate each scene in the white boxes and write facts to explain each scene in the gray boxes below it.

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Applying my Knowledge

NAME __________________________________


What is your reconstruction Plan?

DIRECTIONS: Your Reconstruction plan must address both the slavery issue and the loyalty issue. Look over the

information in the boxes below to help you formulate your own amazing Reconstruction plan.

The Slavery Issue: Things to consider (These are not questions you have to answer, just information you should consider as you construct your plan.)

- Should EVERY state be made to ratify (accept) the 13th Amendment? Or just the Southern states? - If the Southern states do ratify the 13th Amendment, but then pass Black Codes to limit African

Americans, should the U.S. government do something to stop this discrimination? (Remember: the

Constitution allows states to make their own laws.) - Will your plan force Southern states to give freedmen rights? If so, which rights? How will it force

states to obey them? - Will your plan help poor freedmen with education, work, healthcare, and food? If so, will it be the

responsibility of the U.S. government or left up to each state? Is this issue part of Reconstruction, or

something else entirely that shouldn’t be included in your plan?

The loyalty Issue: Things to Consider (These are not questions you have to answer, just information you should consider as you construct your plan.)

- Should it be a requirement that Southerners pledge an oath of loyalty to the United States in order to

return to the Union? If so, what percentage of citizens must swear an oath?

- Should plantation “aristocrats” that have long ruled the South with their influence and power be

punished? Some Americans blamed them for the Civil War. If so, how will they be punished?

- Should Confederate officials be allowed to participate in the U.S. government (Congress, etc.)?

- Should Confederate officers and officials be given amnesty (forgiveness) by the U.S. government?

Congratulations! You have been selected by Congress to create a new Reconstruction plan for the United

States of America. Congress, the President, and the American people (including freedmen) are all counting on you to make the nation whole again (so, no pressure)!

Interpreting information to solve a problem.




Applying my Knowledge

_______________________________________________________________________ (the title of my reconstruction plan)

To Congress, the Southern states, and the American people. My plan for reconstruction is as follows:

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DIRECTIONS: Your Reconstruction plan must address both the slavery issue and the loyalty issue. Remember: if

you make your plan too strict none of the Southern states will come back, but if you make your plan too easy

the Radical Republicans will vote it down. Use the space below to write out your plan for reconstructing the

United States. Good luck!

Interpreting information to solve a problem.

NAME __________________________________


What is your reconstruction Plan?

GOAL OF RECONSTRUCTION: To make the United States a whole country again by bringing the Southern states back into the Union.

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