Creating America Name: _____________________________
Reconstruction Personal Book - Notes Period: ______________________
Rebuilding the Union (pp. 533 – 534 & Lecture Information)
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Result(s) of Rebuilding the Union (Why is this event important to American history?): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Johnson is Impeached (p. 537 & Lecture Information)
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Result(s) of Johnson’s Impeachment (Why is this event important to American history?): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jim Crow and “The Black Codes” (pp. 534 – 535 & Lecture Information)
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Result(s) of Jim Crow and The Codes (Why is this event important to American history?): ___________________________________________________________________
White Supremacy and The KKK (p. 544 & Lecture Information)
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Result(s) of the rise of White Supremacy (Why is this event important to American history?): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Amendments 13-15 (pp. 521, 535, 546 & Lecture Information)
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Result(s) of the Amendments (Why are these important to American history?): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Results of Reconstruction (pp. 548 - 549 & Lecture Information)
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Result(s) of Reconstruction (Why is this event important to American history?): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________