1.04 Chart

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 | The country to reunite | Congress passed the reconstruction act of 1867 which undid everything he had done | He dismissed Stanton, once dismissed the congress brought impeachment charges against him |

Radical Republicans | To control the south to prevent them from returning to it pre-civil war ways with the wade davis bill | Lincoln didn’t want a strict bill so he refused to sign it into law | The bill was automatically vetoed and prevented from becoming a law |

Southern Democrats | Seceded states to regain full rights even though some didn’t | A lot of African Americans became democrats but some stayed as republicans | They ended up changing beliefs except for the ones who wanted to continuing believing in what they did |

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 time, what type of plan for Reconstruction would you have supported and why?

* The main issue that divided Republicans at the end of the Civil war was...