This next website will take much longer to navigate through. Please do not wait until the last minute to complete this portion of your webquest.
http://www.teacheroz.com/reconstruction.htm
This is a good overall source with many links to primary and secondary sources about reconstruction. I would like you to focus on just a few of the sections. They are: (1) Primary Documents; (2) After The War - Reconstruction & The Birth Of "The New South"; (3) African Americans After The War; and (4) Racism, Violence & The KKK. Choose ten different links (you must choose at least one from each of the 4 sections) and write a summary of the article. These summaries should be 1-2 paragraphs in length.
In this summary I want you to include the main idea of the article. Questions to keep in mind: Who is the article about? Who wrote the article? What biases might they have? The main point for this assignment is to get you thinking about the lifestyles of the people in this time in American history.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America. America was not very united at the time of his presidency. Lincoln held office from 1861-1865. He was assassinated less than a month after the end of the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States of America. He was Lincoln's Vice President before he was assassinated. Johnson's presidency lasted from 1865-1869. He was the only southern Senator not to quit his post upon secession, and became the most prominent War Democrat from the South, supporting the military policies of US President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was an American general and the 18th President of the United States of America. His presidency lasted from 1869–1877. He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
