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01.04 SWBS Chart and Reflection – Ethan Fletcher

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.

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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 |  He wanted the country to reunite because the sooner the country could reunite, the sooner it could heal. President Johnson also believed patience was called for in changing the social structure of the South. It would take time for Southerners to accept black citizens as equals.

|  Overrode by the congress. |  Radical republicans started the radical reconstruction. |

Radical Republicans | The southern states to have a harsh punishment 

|  President hayes removed the troops from the south |  Radical Reconstruction lasted from 1867 to 1877. And It was much harsher on the South |

Southern Democrats | To have federal troops removed from the south, and to have a southern democrat named in the cabinet  

|  Hayes accepted and removed the troops then named the southern democrat in his office |  The reconstruction policy came to an end. |

Part 2 – Answer the following questions in a complete paragraph of your own words.

What was the main issue relating to Reconstruction that divided Republicans at the end of the Civil War? If you had been a member of Congress at the...