8.11 Students analyze the character and lasting consequences of Reconstruction. -
List the original aims of Reconstruction and describe its effects on the political and social structures of different regions.
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Identify the push-pull factors in the movement of former slaves to the cities in the North and to the West and their differing experiences in those regions (e.g., the experiences of Buffalo Soldiers).
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Understand the effects of the Freedmen's Bureau and the restrictions placed on the rights and opportunities of freedmen, including racial segregation and "Jim Crow" laws.
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Trace the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and describe the Klan's effects.
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Understand the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution and analyze their connection to Reconstruction.
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