Reconstruction after the Civil War. 8th Grade Social Studies Worksheets, Study Guides and Answer key. Virginia Standards of Learning

◂Social Studies Worksheets and Study Guides Eighth Grade. Reconstruction after the Civil War

Study Guide

Reconstruction after the Civil War Worksheet/Answer key

Reconstruction after the Civil War

The resources above correspond to the standards listed below:

Virginia Standards of Learning

VA.SS.USII. United States History: 1865 to the Present

Reconstruction: 1865 to 1877

USII.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand the effects of Reconstruction on American life by:

USII.3.b. Describing the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South and North.

Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America: 1877 to the Early 1900s

USII.4. The student will apply social science skills to understand how life changed after the Civil War by:

USII.4.c. Describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African Americans and other groups in the post-Reconstruction South.

VA.SS.CE. Civics and Economics

Skills

CE.9. The student will apply social science skills to understand the judicial systems established by the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States by:

CE.9.d. Explaining how due process protections seek to ensure justice.

VA.SS.VUS. Virginia and United States History

Skills

VUS.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:

VUS.1.a. Synthesizing evidence from artifacts and primary and secondary sources to obtain information about events in Virginia and United States history.

VUS.1.d. Constructing arguments, using evidence from multiple sources.

VUS.1.e. Comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives in Virginia and United States history.

VUS.1.f. Explaining how indirect cause-and-effect relationships impact people, places, and events in Virginia and United States history.

VUS.1.g. Analyzing multiple connections across time and place.

VUS.1.h. Using a decision-making model to analyze and explain the incentives for and consequences of a specific choice made.

VUS.1.j. Investigating and researching to develop products orally and in writing.

Civil War and Reconstruction

VUS.7. The student will apply social science skills to understand the Civil War and Reconstruction eras and their significance as major turning points in American history by:

VUS.7.d. Evaluating postwar Reconstruction plans presented by key leaders of the Civil War.

Industrialization

VUS.8. The student will apply social science skills to understand how the nation grew and changed from the end of Reconstruction through the early twentieth century by:

VUS.8.d. Analyzing the impact of prejudice and discrimination, including “Jim Crow” laws, the responses of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and the practice of eugenics in Virginia.

VA.SS.GOVT. Virginia and United States Government

Skills

GOVT.11. The student will apply social science skills to understand civil liberties and civil rights by:

GOVT.11.b. Analyzing due process of law expressed in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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