Reconstruction Escape Room

The Union Needs YOU! Help us to reconstruct the South

Follow the clues to help the Union with Reconstruction

Take me to 1865

Introduction

You've made it back to 1865. Now what?

Your mission is to help the Union with Reconstruction after the Civil War. Along the way, you will encounter information, videos, vocabulary, and people who will help you with this task. If things start to get a little too challenging, make sure you follow the escape route to get back to 2023 safely. It's a big task to reunite a divided country; let's see how the United States handled it in 1865.

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Task 1: Reconstruction Plans

Complete the activities on each page and answer questions to unlock each section. What can you learn before you make your return?

Task 1: Reconstruction Plans

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Task 1: Reconstruction Plans

Watch this Brain Pop video to get an overview of Reconstruction. Pay attention! The next page will ask you questions about what you learned.

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Test 1

How did President Lincoln plan to proceed with Reconstruction after the Civil War?

He wanted to grant the South amnesty and forgive their rebellion

He wanted Southern states to pay a fee to the Union in order to repair and reconstruct the South

Reconstruction Plan

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You're doing great. Next question:What happened once Johnson became President?

He granted special protections to Freedmen in Southern states to protect their newly found freedom

Southern states instituted "Black Codes," which severely limited the rights and employment opportunities for Freedmen

He worked with the Radical Republicans to establish a new plan for Reconstruction in the South

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What did the Radical Republicans want in order to readmit Southern States to the Union?

All Confederate states needed to implement Black Codes to be readmitted to the Union.

All Confederate states needed to pass the 13th Amendement in order to be readmitted to the Union.

All Confederate states needed to give each Freedman property to be readmitted to the Union.

All Confederate states needed to pass the 14th Amendment in order to be readmitted to the Union.

Task 2: Reconstruction Vocabulary

Task 2: Reconstruction Vocabulary

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Task 2

Play this Kahoot in order to learn about Reconstruction vocabulary. Refer to chapter 23 in your textbook if you need help! Pay attention! The next pages will ask you questions about what you learned.

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Test 2

What is Sharecropping?

Allowing anyone whose grandfather owned shares of crops the ability to vote without taking a literacy test.

The system in which people rent land and return a portion of their crops to the owners.

When people in the South were required to share their crops with the North (Union)

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Test 2

Whose plan was referred to as the "Ten Percent Plan"?

Abraham Lincoln

Radical Republicans

Andrew Johnson

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What were the people called who came from the North and wanted to help rebuild the South?

Scalawags

Freedmen

Carpetbaggers

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Task 3: The Amendments

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Test 3

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Read the 13th Amendment below. Is the following statement true or false?Descrimination in voting rights is protected in the 13th Amendment.

False

True

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Read the 14th Amendment below. Is the following statement true or false?Citizenship rights and protections are outlines in the 14th Amendment.

False

True

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Test 3

Click on the NPS symbol to read about the 15th Amendment. Which image best represents its intended effect?

Task 4: Post-War Life of African Americans

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Test 5

Learn more about the Freedmen's Bureau by watching this video.

What was something the Freedmen's Bureau did NOT do?

Help Freedmen secure jobs

Reunite families separated by the war

Establish schools and colleges

Pay for all men "of age" to go to college

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Test 4

With all progress comes some backlash. "Black Codes" were established to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people. Watch the video below to examine this situation.

Basically created a new system of slavery

What effect did "vagrancy laws" have?

Created a thriving farming class

Sent those accused to work in the North

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Test 5

The image to the right appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874.

What is being portrayed here?

The fear caused by the KKK was worse than slavery

The KKK and other groups ruled by fear and violence in the South

Both of these statements are true

Task 5: Effects of Reconstruction

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Test 4

Drag and ReorderMatch the Causes with their Effects after Reconstruction

A. African Americans were blocked from voting

After the war farmland was too expensive for freed slaves.

B. Gains made by African Americans during Reconstruction were lost

Poll taxes and literacy tests tried to keep African Americans from voting.

Jim Crow laws were passed in the south to ensure the races were segregated.

C. Black Americans were required to use separate (and unequal) services and facilities

Formerly enslaved people needed government help to meet basic needs like housing, work, and education

D. Sharecropping took hold in the south.

E. The Freedmen's Bureau was established

Jim Crow established segregation as a legal practice

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Test 6

Click on each of the tags below to find the authors' thoughts on Reconstruction.

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Test 6

Who referred to Reconstruction as a "moment in the sun" for African Americans?

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