WEDNESDAY--FEB. 24

US History
EQ:
To what extent was Reconstruction successful in helping ex-slaves achieve social, political, and economic rights post-Civil War?

CW:
Reconstruction: 1872--77:
Amnesty Act of 1872
Financial Panic of 1873 and its impact on Northern support for Reconstruction
(video clip from Reconstruction DVD)
Election of 1876
Hamburg Massacre in South Carolina
Compromise of 1877 and home rule for the South
Supreme Court rules against Reconstruction
Redeemers and "the Lost Cause"
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ESSAY PREP AND TEST REVIEW

HW:
STUDY FOR THE UNIT EXAM
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IB HOTA
EQ:
How did President Jackson's policy of Indian removal impact Native Americans in the Southeast?

CW:
notes: Indian Removal in the Midwest and South
Indian Removal Act of 1830
reading/discussion: Indian removal: humanitarian solution to America's "Indian problem"?
reading: Cherokee Nation vs. the United States
1835--John Ross' fight against the Treaty of New Echota 
video clips: Trail of Tears from "We Shall Remain"

HW:
Slave work reading