Unit 1: Reconstruction and Westward Expansion
Unit 1 Kahoot!
Topics Covered: Westward Expansion, Indian Removal, Reconstruction, the Reconstruction Amendments
All Unit Powerpoints
Week One
All Week One Slides
M: South After The War Readings
T: Thaddeus v. Johnson Readings
W: We Free Men Classwork
F: Reconstruction Readings
HW: "What If Reconstruction Hadn't Failed?" Reading + Questions
Students will be able to:
  • M: explore and discuss the needs and difficulties facing the nation after the Civil War 
  • T: analyze how efforts by radical and moderate Republicans to reconstruct the South changed the balance of power between the president and Congress 
  • W/Th: identify the Reconstruction Amendments, their impact on society, and the problems facing African-Americans after the Civil War 
  • F: predict the positive and negative outcomes and impacts of Reconstruction by conducting a Structured Academic Controversy​