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U.S. History 1865 to 1945 Worksheet • Matrices Using the information from your textbook and classroom discussion complete the following matrices. 1. Era of Reconstruction Matrix While completing the Matrix, contrast presidential reconstruction plans with congressional reconstruction. Note key people, major dates, policies, and outcomes for the New South. If necessary, additional rows may be added to the matrix. |Plan |Key People |Dates |Policies |Outcomes | |Lincoln’s 10%Plan |Abraham Lincoln |1860 Oath of Allegiance |Wade-Dave Bill |The Ten-Percent Plan was | | | | | |more of a political | | |Andrew Johnson |1863 Lincoln issues the |The Freeman’s Bureau |maneuver than a plan for | | | |Proclamation of Amnesty | |Reconstruction. | | |Congress |and Reconstruction | | | | | | | |President Lincoln and | | |General William Tecumseh |1864 The Wade-Dave Bill | |Congress had a number of | | |Sherman | | |disagreements about the | | | |1864 Lincoln assassination| |best way of getting things| | |John Wilkes Booth | | |done. | | | | | | | | | | | |President Lincoln and | | | | | |Congress could not agree | | | | | |on the best way to readmit| | | | | |southern states into the | | | | | |union, redistribute | | | | | |southern lands, or | | | | | |resettle former slaves. | | | | | | | | | | | |Presidents Lincoln’s ten | | | | | |percent plan was affect by| | | | | |Congress. | |Wade-Davis Plan |Benjamin Wade |1863 Wade-Davis Plan was |Pocket Veto |Congressional Republicans | | | |introduced | |thought that Lincoln’s ten| | |Henry Winter Davis | | |percent plan was too mild | | | |1864 The Wade-Davis Bill | |and created a bill that | | |Congress |was passed | |had a better sense of | | | | | |direction in readmitting | | | | | |southern states into the | | | | | |Union. | |Johnson’s Plan |Andrew Johnson |1865 13th amendment ended |Andrew Johnson |Andrew Johnson abolished | |(Presidential | |slavery | |slavery in the South. | |Reconstruction) |Benjamin Wade | |Foreign |Society had changing views| | | |1866 Republicans gained | |about Andrew Johnson’s | | | |control of congress |Economic |plan for reconstruction | | | | | |many viewed the | | | |1866 The Civil Rights Act |Indian policies |reconstruction plan as a | | | |of 1866 was passed | |noble effort to build an | | | | | |interracial nation. | | | |1867 Alaska was purchased | | | | | | | | | | | |1868 Johnson was impeached| | | 2. Progressive Era Reforms Matrix Using Chapters 21-22 from the text, complete the matrix on the nature and outcome of Progressive Era reforms. |Reform |Seen on Local and/or |Describe the reform’s positive or negative effects on American society: | | |National Level | | |Settlement houses |National Level |Settlement housing was a social approach or method for serving the poor in | | | |urban areas. Settlement housing was an effective solution to poverty and | | | |injustice. | |Professionalism |National Level |The establishment of guidelines and criteria for various occupations to meet in| | | |order to form an association. | |Women’s suffrage |National Level |Women’s suffrage guaranteed women and African-American men the right the vote | | | |and in 1869 The National American Women Association was founded. | |City manager governance |Local Level |City manager was hired to run each department of the city and was used to | | | |replace frequently corrupt mayoral systems. | |Initiative and referendum |National Level |Initiative referendum was an attempted to increase the power of citizens in | | | |state and local government. | |Direct primary |National Level |The direct primary reform ensured that voters select candidates to run for | | | |office rather than party bosses. | |Judicial recall |Local Level |Allows voters to petition to have an elected representative removed from | | | |office. | |Temperance |National Level |The Temperance reform was very much similar to the settlement housing approach | | | |Temperance reform became a charitable organization for resettlement of | | | |immigrants. | |Square Deal business |National Level |The Square Deal business regulations applied stricter regulations on business | |regulation | |practices the Square Deal campaign addressed social concerns of inequality in | | | |market performance. | |Conservation |National Level |The Progressive Era of Conservation interest formulated an organization (NCL) | | | |The National Consumer’s League which was concerned that goods be produced and | | | |distributed at reasonable prices and in adequate quantity, but under fair, | | | |safe, and healthy working conditions that foster quality products for consumers| | | |and a decent standard of living for workers. | |Monetary control |National Level |Capitalism had grown out of control during the last half of the nineteenth | | | |century and the Monetary Control reform fixed and regulated the value of silver| | | |and gold. | |Income tax |National Level |The incorporation of income taxes help build government revenue and | | | |redistribute wealth. | Short Answer Using the information from your textbook and classroom discussion, prepare a minimum of 200-word response to the following questions: 1. To what extent did the Era of Reconstruction create a New South' The South entire society was impacted by the Era of Reconstruction from the way they lived to how they made a living. The Reconstruction Era implemented various changes to the South as for as the workforce with a great emphasis on cash crops the majority of the crops grown in the South were being imported. African-Americans also were giving the right to actively participate in the government. A Rise of Merchants stores in the south sprang up around plantations to sell supplies on credit which allowed them to build a clientele and make money. 2. What impact did the Agrarian Revolt have on American politics at the end of the 19th century' During the end of the nineteenth century the Agrarian Revolt fueled party disagreements and marked the end of organized farm-labor. 1. What are some of the high points and low points of the 1920s' High points in the 1920’s were the creation of new industries, new technology, very little and limited governmental regulation, and the fast growing opportunities for businesses and the booming stock market. Low points in the 1920’s were uneven prosperity, farming industry lost income due to industrialization, individuals’ feared communism and anarchy. Racism and inequality of rights were low points of the 1920’s as well. 3. What role did the United States play in World War I' What caused the United States to shift from isolationism to world engagement' The United States played a financial assistant role to the British and French during World War I supporting the British and French with supplies and loans. The shift in the United States isolationism to world engagement was influenced by the Cold War, Post-War WWII, and the Soviet scare of the 60’s American’s perspective on the world was much different from that of the Europeans American’s believed that America could advance the cause of freedom and democracy by other means other than war. 4. How are the outcomes of World War I connected to the origins of World War II' World War I and World War II both politically changed the world the basic origins that connected World War I and World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the First World War and the interwar period in Europe plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. 5. What are at least two causes for America’s entry into World War II' The causes of America’s entry into World War II was based on a number of contributing factors such as the holocaust and Hitler’s aim to dominate Europe and the world and the aggression of Hitler’s allies Italy and Japan. Democratic powers were passive and the America was isolated, France was unlikely and reluctant, to intervene against Germany could not rely on the support of Britain and America and the League of Nations failed to keep peace. Reference  Brinkley, A. (2007). American history: A survey (12th ed.) Burr Ridge, IL. McGraw Hill.