Fourth Period: 11:20am to 12:09pm
Fifth Period: 12:49pm to 1:39pm
Sixth Period: 1:42pm to 2:32pm
Reconstruction Essay Test
For the "Reconstruction” unit, you will be taking an essay test to better prepare for a common high school assessment type. You will be given five prompts and on your test, three of the five will be provided. You will then need to answer two of the three with two paragraphs or more. Each student will be allowed a 3x5 notecard to use on the test. The possible prompts are as follows:
1) Compare and contrast the Reconstruction plans of President Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress.
2) What effects did the black codes and the reactions to them of Radical Republicans have on freedmen?
3) What was the significance of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments?
4) Describe three different types of people that lived in the South during the Reconstruction era. How did they react to Reconstruction?
5) How did the the economy of the South change during Reconstruction and how did sharecropping affect African Americans?