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Reconstruction of the United States

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/reconstruction-of-the-united-states

Step 2 · Questions

1. Where is Reconstruction of the United States?
2. How big is Reconstruction of the United States?
3. What language do people speak in Reconstruction of the United States?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Emancipation Proclamation
13th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Reconstruction of the United States?Southern United States (former Confederate states)
2. How big is Reconstruction of the United States?Approximately 880,000 square miles
3. What language do people speak in Reconstruction of the United States?English

Emancipation Proclamation: An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free.
13th Amendment: A Constitutional amendment ratified in 1865 that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States.
Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement after Reconstruction.