The document provides guidance for writing a constructed response essay on the success or failure of the federal government's attempts to provide rights and freedoms to freedmen during Reconstruction. It includes an introductory paragraph citing a quote about the circumstances freedmen faced and the need for protection. Suggested paragraphs discuss the Reconstruction Amendments and the legal protections granted; the Freedmen's Bureau and its goals of assisting freedmen; and an assessment of whether freedmen received the protection to which they were entitled by law.
2. Bellwork 10/25- pull a blank page from your
notebook to answer this question---
Before the Civil War, states wanted more power and were upset when
the federal government took too much control. Describe the role the
federal government (decision it made)played in TWO of these
situations and how it made Americans feel (northerners AND
southerners)
A. Dred Scott Case
B. Bleeding Kansas
C. Compromise of 1850
D. Emancipation Proclamation
3. New Proficiency layout
• 12 multiple choice
• Writing: we will do during class time---
• 2 short answer
• 1 graphic organizer
• 1 constructed response
4. Reconstruction Constructed Response
• This response will focus on the success or failure of the federal
government’s attempts to provide rights and freedoms to the
freedmen
• A paragraph must have 4+ sentences
5. Paragraph 1: introduction- your essay will explain
the circumstances that freedmen found
themselves in after the Civil War and assess
whether or not they were allowed to enjoy the
freedoms promised to them.
• “…even under the most favorable circumstances that can be
anticipated under the present system of laws the freed people will fail
to receive from the civil authorities that protection to which they are
entitled both by right and by law, and without which they cannot but
gradually revert back to a condition differing little from their former
slavery- save in name.”
• Adapted from John A. Carpenter, “Atrocities in the Reconstruction
Period.”
6. Paragraph 2: The Reconstruction
Amendments
• What were they? Be specific and clear about the legal protections
granted by each.
• Why were they necessary?
7. Paragraph 3: The freedman’s Bureau
• What was it? Think about the assistance it was supposed to give.
• Give details about the Bureau's goals- who did they want to help and
how?
8. Paragraph 4: results
• Assess whether or not freedmen were provided with the “protection
to which they were entitled both by right and by law.”
