While
it can be said that the Civil War ended with the surrender at Appomattox
Courthouse or the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments, the reunification of the country was a far more complicated
story. Both Lincoln (in his Second
Inaugural Address) and Grant (in the terms of surrender) laid the foundation
for the reintegration of the Southern states into the Union. That foundation, however, does not tell the
whole story. What came to be known as “Reconstruction”
would prove to be a much more complicated era, sometimes called “the second
civil war.”
To
examine all of that complexity, we will study the website America’s
Reconstruction. You should read the text carefully and study the
images. Please note: these images reveal
the era’s dark depths, making them important for careful historical study. We expect you to approach the images with
seriousness and respect.
In order to guide you through the website, please go to Ms. Crowley's Website and click on the link for the Reconstruction Webquest under her US History section. Then follow the instructions on the Word Doc that opens. You will be turning it in on turnitin.com and thus need to complete it in word (hence the need to use Ms. Crowley's version rather than google docs).
This is a graded
assignment. You will be given time in
class and will have several days to do this at home. The final assignment is due by class time on
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 via turnitin.com.
