8th Grade - Module 2 Notes - Reconstruction.docx

**[Module 2 - Reconstruction]** Essential Question - To what extent did Reconstruction achieve its goals? **[Lesson 1 - Rebuilding the South]** The Big Idea - The nation faced many problems in rebuilding the Union. [Key Terms and People] - - - - - [Notes] Reconstruction Begins -...

**[Module 2 - Reconstruction]** Essential Question - To what extent did Reconstruction achieve its goals? **[Lesson 1 - Rebuilding the South]** The Big Idea - The nation faced many problems in rebuilding the Union. [Key Terms and People] - - - - - [Notes] Reconstruction Begins - - - - - Freedom for African Americans - - - President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan - - - - - **[Lesson 2 - The Fight over Reconstruction]** The Big Idea - The return to power of the pre-war southern leadership led Republicans in Congress to take control of Reconstruction. [Key Terms and People] - - - - - - - [Notes] Opposition to President Johnson - - - Fourteenth Amendment - - - - - - - - Congress Takes Control of Reconstruction - - - - - - - Fifteenth Amendment - - **[Lesson 3 - Reconstruction in the South]** The Big Idea - As Reconstruction ended, African Americans faced new hurdles and the South attempted to rebuild. [Key Terms and People] - - - - - - - - [Notes] Reconstruction Governments - - - - - Ku Klux Klan - - Reconstruction Ends - - - - - - - - Rebuilding Southern Industry - - Reconstruction in the North - - - - -