Alabama Social Studies SS24.US1.13e
The Standard
- SS24.US1.13
- Evaluate how Reconstruction affected the economic, political, and social landscape of the South.
Develop an argument regarding how national and regional events and trends brought Reconstruction to an end.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students make a claim about why federal Reconstruction efforts ended. They explain how national events and Southern political changes worked together, using evidence for each cause.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how the 1873 economic downturn weakened Northern support while violence suppressed Black voting in the South. They can connect those pressures to the 1876 election dispute and the 1877 troop withdrawal.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat the 1877 troop withdrawal as the only cause, rather than the result of years of political change. They may think voter intimidation began only after federal troops left.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Which did more to weaken Reconstruction, the 1873 economic downturn or violence against Black voters in the South? Give one fact about each and explain your choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have pairs arrange cards for the 1873 downturn, the Colfax massacre, the disputed 1876 election, and the 1877 troop withdrawal, then draw causal arrows.
Ask students to write four sentences arguing whether the 1873 downturn or Southern voter intimidation did more to weaken Reconstruction.
Match event cards to effect cards: the 1873 downturn to waning Northern support, intimidation to reduced Black turnout, and the election dispute to troop withdrawal.
Use a county election office's voter assistance page and an 1876 intimidation account to compare barriers to voting and available protections.
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Related Standards
- SS24.AS.14b
Evaluate the role of new labor systems, Black Codes, and violence in stemming civil rights progress following Reconstruction in Alabama.
- SS24.US1.11
Analyze how government policies and events related to slavery led to increased sectionalism throughout the United States prior to the Civil War.
- SS24.US1.13
Evaluate how Reconstruction affected the economic, political, and social landscape of the South.
- SS24.4.15
Identify major events of Reconstruction and evaluate the outcomes of Reconstruction policies.
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