What we know

What We want/should know

What we learned

·         Took a while

·         Rebuilding cities in the South

·         Would have been very different if Lincoln was alive for it

·         Incomplete; took another 50 years for the South to “catch up” with the North

·         Trying to integrate blacks into the society as “free”

·         Was expensive

·         Who were the major players during Reconstruction?

·         Who supported/resisted Reconstruction?

·         What happened to Grant, Lee, Lincoln, and Davis’ families during Reconstruction?

·         What made “them” want Reconstruction?

·         Who is “Them”?

·         Did southerners still hold grudges?

·         Did any white people die from starvation at the start of Reconstruction in the South?

·         How much Reconstruction was accomplished?

·         After/during Reconstruction were there any northerners who passionately wanted southerners hanged?

·         Was there a similar organization to the KKK in the black community?

What we know

What We want/should know

What we learned

·         1867 – 1877

·         Related to the Civil War

·         Rebuilding the South after the Civil War

·         Discrimination continues

·         Why is it important?

·         Who were the major players in Reconstruction?

·         Does the North benefit from emancipation and Reconstruction?

·         Can someone be physically and emotionally rebuilt?

·         What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

·         Who was president during Reconstruction?

·         Were people in the North willing to help the South during Reconstruction or did they still harbor grudges?

·         How was the South responding to Reconstruction?

·         Were there ever times during this period where it appeared that Reconstruction was going to fail and the south would return to the way it was before the Civil War?

·         What lessons can we learn from this period in history?

·         Was Reconstruction the south’s idea or initiated by the government?

·         What areas of the South needed to be reconstructed?

·         How much did Reconstruction cost?

·         Which cities needing to be rebuilt did not receive support to rebuild?

·         What was the most and least productive events of this time period?

·         In the grand scheme of things, who benefited the most from Reconstruction: the north or the south?

·         How did the South cope with being forced to rejoin the Union?

·         Was there anyone opposed to Reconstruction?

·         How did Reconstruction start?