Reconstruction Abandoned; Beginning of the Gilded Age – Chapters 16-17

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Resources for Reading Quiz A

· 1860-1877 Quick Reference on the Civil War and Reconstruction. – Includes content prior to Chapter 16

· Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1867-1877 Era (compressed to 1 page) – What are you looking for?

- Notice the color coding

· Events of corruption and SCANDALS in this era

· Who exposes that corruption?

- If you were living in this era and reading the newspaper, what would you be thinking is happening?

If needed, background on the traits of North and South before the Civil War (and therefore after as well)

• The population and voting statistics behind the Civil War – data from 1820’s Missouri Compromise – The Missouri Compromise’s parts are:
• No slavery north of bottom border of Missouri with the exception of Missouri – In other words the rest of the Louisiana Purchase will not have slavery’
• Territories that protect slavery under their new state constitution and those that forbid it under their new state constitution free states thereafter come into the Union in pairs (one slave state and one free state so the number of slave state and free state Senators remain the same, with Missouri and Maine being the first pair)
• Traits of North and South from about the 1830s to 1860 – demographics, economy, government and politics, social controls, religion, education, and more

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