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Key Analyses [KA] #1

The Close of the Civil War & Reconstruction

Submission Guidelines: *Note: I know that you have a lot of readings to get through. I have allotted two weeks for each of your KAs. Please use your time wisely; pace yourself so that you are not overwhelmed. Read a little each day; give yourself time to think deeply about each of these events in the context of all that we see today. Finally, write passionately. I am here if you need anything. Please visit my Tuesday office hours if you need help.

- Assignment can be found in Canvas under the “KA#1” Module.

- This is an assignment, not a discussion post. There will be no need to reply to another student. I will be the only one who reads them.

- Please find your readings to complete this assignment in the “Week Two” module, as well.

Readings:

- Find all readings in your KA #1 Module - Avoid any AI Usage. - Do not use AI summaries.

Point Values: ❑ Your Submission: 90 Points

- Organization, spelling, and complete sentences will be factored into your grade.

❑ In each section, I have outlined the readings you will need to answer the questions.

Directions:

Please note that each question must be answered in a minimum of 75 words; longer questions need to

be answered in paragraph formatting.

1.) Contributions to the US Civil War:

→ Read:

➢ The Civil War: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence

➢ Susie King Taylor: The First African American Army Nurse

→ Annotate: Create your reading outlines for these readings.

→ Analyze: [150-word min] Referencing at least two pieces of evidence, what would you argue are

the most pivotal contributions to the US Civil War that Black Americans made? What irony exists

around their contributions while having no citizenship?

2.) Documents of Freedom:

For the following documents, read and identify the following:

→ Read:

➢ The Emancipation Proclamation

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➢ 13th amendment:

➢ 14th amendment:

➢ 15th amendment:

→ Annotate: No reading outlines required for this section.

→ Analyze: [100-word minimum]: For each of the documents above: (1) Place the laws into your own

words; (2) Identify the Cause(s) of why these were written; (3) Analyze the effects of these laws were

written.

3.) The Era of Reconstruction:

→ Read the following

➢ Introduction

➢ Under the Chapter Freedom, Reunion, and Reconstruction:

o The Black Codes, 32

o Southern Resistance, 45

➢ Under the Chapter: Reaction, Redemption, and Jim Crow: 1875-1900:

o Political Compromise and Federal Withdrawal, 53

o Disfranchisement Proceeds, 56

o The New South, 58

o The Jim Crow Laws, 60

➢ Black Codes in NC

➢ (Racial Violence against Black Success): News Article about Chicken Stephens

➢ The NC Red Shirts Campaign

➢ Freedmen’s Convention Address

→ Annotate: Create your reading outline for these readings.

→ Analyze: [300-word min] Relying on the evidence above:

o Examine the reaction to the newfound Black Freedom.

o How would you characterize the South’s response to the above Documents of Freedom?

o How did Black leaders respond to these militant actions? (Reference explicit historical

details from the above reading. Ex: replace vague writing like “they” or “actions” with names

of historical people and historical actions taken in the above documents).

o Reflect: Write a reflection journal of a few of your post reading thoughts. Which readings

taught you the most? Feel free to include any other thoughts you have.