{"id":999,"date":"2012-09-05T19:23:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T19:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-gilder\/?page_id=999"},"modified":"2020-07-04T18:55:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T18:55:31","slug":"part-5-reconstruction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/course-syllabus-2\/part-5-reconstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 5: Reconstruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/47762698\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1503\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-2.53.02-PM-1024x569.png\" alt=\"Douglass video\" width=\"550\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-2.53.02-PM-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-2.53.02-PM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-2.53.02-PM-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-2.53.02-PM-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-2.53.02-PM.png 1898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The objective in Part 5 is to explore ways that the meaning of the conflict shifted in the years after the war ended, especially on questions related to the aftermath of emancipation and the abolition of slavery.\u00a0 Should the war&#8217;s legacy have included both race and reunion?\u00a0 Did freedom demand equality?\u00a0 These are the fundamental questions that figures such as Frederick Douglass debated and that students continue to examine in classrooms across America.<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/2016\/11\/17\/altered-images-from-the-end-of-the-war\/\">Altered Images from the End of War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured Document: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/artandhistory\/history\/common\/generic\/CivilWarAmendments.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reconstruction Amendments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Handouts:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Handout-Race-and-Reunion.doc\">Race and Reunion<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Handout-Reconstructing-Constitution.doc\">Re-Framers of Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further Reading: \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-by-era\/reconstruction\/essays\/reconstruction-amendments-official-documents-social-history\">Eric Foner on Reconstruction Amendments<\/a>\u00a0\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/exhibits\/reconstruction\/index.html\">EXHIBIT: America&#8217;s Reconstruction<\/a>\u00a0\/\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewjohnson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HarpWeek on Impeachment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guest GLI Lecture: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/multimedia#3469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Blight on Race and Reunion<\/a>\u00a0(55 mins.)<\/p>\n<p>Featured Student Video: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=im79TQF1bpU&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;list=UUuKz4eUTIdw6X2TxqCH_GbA\">From Carlisle to Andersonville<\/a> (14 mins.)<\/p>\n<p>Civil War Through American Art:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1320\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/education\/resources\/documents\/civilwar_teachersguide_final.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1320 \" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/Homer-Visit-from-Old-Mistress-1876.jpg\" alt=\"Winslow Homer, &quot;A Visit from the Old Mistress,&quot; 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