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Here are the teacher pack items for Reconstruction in Texas:
Overview In this experience, students take a poll of problems that arose in Texas during Reconstruction. Then they watch a video about Reconstruction and examine the Reconstruction Amendments. Next they learn about Radical Reconstruction and predict how Texans felt about the United States taking a role in Texas state politics. Finally they analyze a political cartoon of a carpetbagger. If you have access to leveled readers about Reconstruction or the related Amendments, assign them to the students in parallel to this experience. Estimated duration: 40-50 minutes Vocabulary words: Objectives
The Civil War ended. The Union had won the war, slavery was abolished, and the United States was faced with hard work putting the country back together. The South was left to rebuild its political, economic, and social structure. The Reconstruction period lasted from 1865 to 1877, when the United States withdrew the last of the federal troops from the South. In this lesson, you will get an overview of some of the issues facing Texas during Reconstruction. In the following lesson, you will look at some of these issues more closely.
Objectives
Destruction of train tracks in Virginia during the Civil War.
The railroads in Texas also suffered damage.
Which of the following do you think were problems that arose in Texas during Reconstruction?
You might choose to revisit this poll at the end of the lesson and ask students if they want to revise their answers.
