Students explore public sentiment regarding Reconstruction. In this Reconstruction lesson, students analyze primary sources for evidence of the political, social and economic stability of the U.S. following the Civil War. Students examine the attitudes that helped or hindered the Reconstruction process in essays that they compose.

Concepts

reconstruction, the reconstruction era, andrew johnson, united states presidents

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Additional Tags

andrew johnson, post civil ward america, reconstruction, social studies

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