1. U.S. History Bell Ringer Complete Louisiana Literacy Test, to see if state of Louisiana would have considered you literate and allowed to register to vote.

2. Why did Reconstruction come to an end?

3. Central Unit Question After a destructive civil war that destroys many of a nation’s institutions, how does a nation re-make itself into a new society?

4. U.S. History Journal Please respond in your journal to the following question: Identify 5 similarities and 5 differences between reconstruction in Iraq and the South after the Civil War

5. U.S. History Journal Please respond in your journal to the following question: Do you think the Reconstruction of Iraq was a success in making a new society?

6. Central Unit Question After a destructive civil war that destroys many of a nation’s institutions, how does a nation re-make itself into a new society?

7. Closing Question Please respond in your journal to the following closing question: Based on the two cases we have looked at, what universals can you hypothesize about the reconstruction of societies?

8. U.S. History Bell Ringer Reflect on the following quote, “History often says more about the present than the past”

9. True or False “History is the invention of historians” Napoleon “History is not history unless it is the truth.”Abraham Lincoln “There is no history, only histories.”Karl Popper “History must be written of, by and for the survivors.”Anonymous

10. Closing Question Please respond in your journal to the following closing question: Do you think that in this unit we have created a fairly accurate, if not perfect, understanding of what happened during Reconstruction?

11. Homework Complete all three reading questions for tomorrow.

12. U.S. History Bell Ringer Think of 3 examples in which Reconstruction could be considered a success and three examples in which it could be considered a failure.