Third Nine Weeks Benchmarks

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1 Third Nine Weeks Benchmarks

2 SSUSH10 The student will identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction. a. Compare and contrast Presidential Reconstruction with Radical Republican Reconstruction. b. Explain efforts to redistribute land in the South among the former slaves and provide advanced education (Morehouse College) and describe the role of the Freedmen s Bureau. c. Describe the significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. d. Explain Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, and other forms of resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction. e. Explain the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in relationship to Reconstruction. f. Analyze how the presidential election of 1876 and the subsequent compromise of 1877 marked the end of Reconstruction.

3 10% PLAN. What is Presidential Reconstruction? Take oath of allegiance to the U.S. Both Lincoln and Johnson wanted to let states to enter back into the U.S. as fast as possible.

4 Radical Republicans People in Congress hat wanted to punish the South after the Civil War Struggled with Presidents on this issue

5 Freedman s Bureau Educated, fed, help shelter, all displaced former slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.

6 Redistribution of Land during Reconstruction Share cropping- owner lets someone work the land (with the landowner s tools) then the crops sold off this profit is split between the owner and worker. Was a cyclical job (never ending) Tenant Farming- rent land from someone and use your own tools. All profits are yours. Most former slaves did not have the tools or the money to rent.

7 Significance of Morehouse Historically black college that was formed during the time period of Reconstruction. Benefited the African Americans of the timeperiod.

8 Thirteenth Amendment Abolished Slavery (Freedom)

9 Fourteenth Amendment Citizenship

10 Fifteenth Amendment The right to vote for all males

11 Reconstruction Amendments Were the strength of Reconstruction Ways that people tried to stop these Amendments: Limit the Former slaves by Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and groups like KKK.

12 Black Codes Laws made up by Southern Sates after the Civil War Made to limit the movement of African Americans These stopped the guarantee of Civil Rights of Freedmen

13 Ku Klux Klan Vigilante Tactics to suppress the Civil Rights of Former slaves.

14 Andrew Johnson s Impeachment Violated the Tenure in Office Act Accused but not found guilty (by one vote) He was truly impeached because it was a power struggle over reconstruction (Presidential Reconstruction vs. Congressional/Radical Republican Reconstruction) Proceedings carried out in Congress- House of Rep. Brought charges, Senate tried the case.

15 President Elected in 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes Significant because he promised to remove all military from the Reconstruction South. This was known as Compromise of 1877 The South returned to the segregation, Jim Crow Laws and limited African Americans in the South.

16 SSUSH11 The student will describe the economic, social, and geographic impact of the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction. a. Explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business. b. Describe the impact of the railroads in the development of the West; include the transcontinental railroad, and the use of Chinese labor. c. Identify John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company and the rise of trusts and monopolies d. Describe the inventions of Thomas Edison; include the electric light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph, and their impact on American life

17 How did big business impact the U.S. It was interdependent People from one industry made money in both vertical and horizontal integration.

18 How is Steel different than Iron? Iron is heavier Takes more to make Iron Iron rusts Iron does crack Steel is lighter Steel is malleable

19 How is Steel made? Oxygen is blown into the process of creating iron Called the Bessemer Process Made it lighter and more malleable

20 Who was the RR Tycoon? Andrew Carnegie

21 What was the benefit of the Transcontinental RR? Supplies and mail could move rapidly across the U.S.

22 What labor force was used to create the transcontinental RR? Chinese cheap

23 What is a Trust? A controlled pricing between sellers of a product What is the goal of a trust? Eliminate competition

24 What is a monopoly? Complete control of an industry.

25 What product did Rockefeller produce? Oil (Standard Oil)

26 Three inventions of Thomas Edison? Phonograph Motion Picture Electric Light Bulb Music/Sound Entertainment Lights for factories- work all night!

27 SSUSH12 The student will analyze important consequences of American industrial growth. a. Describe Ellis Island, the change in immigrants origins to southern and eastern Europe and the impact of this change on urban America. b. Identify the American Federation of Labor and Samuel Gompers. c. Describe the growth of the western population and its impact on Native Americans with reference to Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee. d. Describe the 1894 Pullman strike as an example of industrial unrest.

28 What is Ellis Island Island in NY where Immigrants were processed as they came to the U.S.

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