1. Making Citizens out
of Slaves
The African American Experience during
Reconstruction

2. JUST DO IT!
O Let’s play a game…
O You will be divided into two groups.
Each group will receive one ball
O You will have 60 seconds to shoot
the ball in the cup provided
O The first team to make the ball in
the cup wins

3. NCSS Theme II:
Time, Continuity, and Change
O Why is the past important to
us today?
O How has the world changed
and how might it change in
the future?

4. Standards of Learning
O USII.3 The student will demonstrate
knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on
American life by
O a) analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and
15th Amendments to the Constitution of the
United States
O USII.4 The student will demonstrate
knowledge of how life changed after the Civil
War by
O c) describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim
Crow,” and other constraints faced by African
Americans and other groups in the post-
Reconstruction South

5. Students Will Be Able To
(SWBAT)…
O Analyze primary source documents
O Explain why the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments were passed
O Explain a Southerner’s perspective
of the newly freed slaves during
Reconstruction

6. Guiding Question
O How has the status of
African Americans changed
throughout the United
States since the Civil War?

7. Before the Civil War
O In 1857 Dred Scott sued for his freedom in
Dred Scott v. Sanford
O The Supreme Court ruled that Scott was
not a citizen and therefore, had no legal
standing to sue

8. During the Civil War
O President Abraham Lincoln
issues the Emancipation
Proclamation, freeing all slaves
in those states still in rebellion
against the United States

9. After the Civil War…
O Congress passes the
13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments
O http://www.usconstitution.net
O Union troops occupy the
Southern states to enforce the
various Reconstruction acts

11. Black Codes and Jim Crow
O Many Southern states in
response to the 13th
Amendment began passing
Black Codes
O What were they designed to
do?

12. Jim Crow Era
O The Jim Crow era – period after
Reconstruction when Southern
states began passing
legislation that required de jure
segregation

13. In the Classroom

14. Closing…Wrap it up!
O Based on the events we
discussed today, create a
timeline to illustrate how the
status of African Americans
has changed in the United
States