Classwork

01.04 SWBS Chart and Reflection

The "Somebody-Wanted-But-So" chart is an excellent way to summarize important information from history. In it, you identify a person or group of people; their goal, need, or want; what conflict of interest stood in the way; and the outcome. This strategy works great because history depends on the needs, wants, and actions of humans.

Part 1 – Complete the following chart using information from the lesson. One example appears for you.

Somebody ... | Wanted ... | But ... | So ... |

President Abraham Lincoln | the nation to heal as quickly as possible from the Civil War and planned to reunify the nation quickly | he was assassinated in 1865 only days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender | plans for Reconstruction were taken over by Vice President Andrew Johnson, who became president after Lincoln’s death |

President Andrew Johnson |  To heal the nation with patience because it would take a while for the south to accept black citizens as equals |  The RRs thought he was too lenient in giving pardons and the Radicals got angry |  The Republicans overrode the presidents vetoes and were able to put their own plans into action |

Radical Republicans | To control the south until they could be sure the south would not return to the way it was before the Civil War  | Lincoln did not want to sign that into law | When Andrew Johnson was elected president, and they had gained a larger group, they overruled him for the ability to conduct Reconstruction how they liked |

Southern Democrats |  To regain power and stay in the US congress. Samuel Tilden (D) ran against Hayes (R) in the election of 1876. | Neither candidate was able to get enough electoral votes to win the election | Southern Democrats agreed to accept Hayes as president if he god rid of the federal troops in the south and appointed a Southern Democrat to his cabinet |