In the lessons in this unit, you have seen how political leaders introduced a variety of plans to bring about Reconstruction in the United States. And you’ve seen some of the reactions that those plans provoked. In this activity, you’ll explore how the actions and challenges of this period affected these three groups in particular: Northerners, people freed from slavery, and many white Southerners. Use these sources or ones you find on your own to learn more about Reconstruction and the people most affected. Skim the longer articles for the parts about the three identified groups. You can also refer to the lessons in this unit for additional help.

Reconstruction Era
Reconstruction
Reconstruction after the Civil War

Using these sources, imagine what it would have been like to be a member of these three groups during Reconstruction. What would have been their anxieties, hopes, disappointments, sympathies, and obstacles? Write a brief response of about 200 to 250 words for each group.

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france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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