Friday Homework

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan after Lincoln's death was to:

1) Pardons would be granted to those taking a loyalty.

2) No pardons would be available to high confederate and people owning properties that are more than $20,000.

3) A state was required to repeal it's secession ordinance.

Black Codes:

The black codes were laws that blacks had to follow in the USA about civil rights and civil liberties.

These laws were very limited to them.

Amendments 14 and 15:

The 14th amendment says that every citizen have his rights.

The 15th amendment says that every one have the right to vote if they are older then 18 years old.

The laws were also according to the blacks.

Radical Reconstruction:

The radical reconstruction is when republicans were not happy about the 13,14 and 15 th amendments.

Carpetbagger:

The term carpetbagger actually means a bag made out of carpet but it is also an expression to call someone from the north of the USA.

Scalawag:

Scalawag was a moniker for southern whites who supported reconstruction after the civil war.

Role Play

As you all know the civil war just stopped and it was the biggest massacre the USA have lived since it's foundation. The North have destroyed many things in the South. Most of the war ships have been destroyed 9000 miles of rail roads have also been destroyed most of it in the South. Farm lands, Farm building have been destroyed too. Other things destroyed are the factories, ports, cities and canals. The most important thing that were destroyed are soldiers, over 600,000 soldiers(from the North and South) have died during the civil war. One family out of three have been touched. Four million Black people are now free and to do what ever they want. The former slaves owners had now to let blacks vote, run for office and learn(go to school). While the South had to rebuilt their farms, houses and factories, little of the North have been destroyed.