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Kentucky & the Reconstruction Amendments DBQ
Why did Kentucky reject the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
Why did Kentucky reject the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments? Students read the General Assembly's votes, two governors' messages, Freedmen's Bureau reports, and Black Kentuckians' own convention to explain the state's resistance.
Grade 8Kentucky HistoryGoogle Slides3 class periodsComing soon
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (16 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (30 pages) with documents, organizers, writing task, rubric and answer key
- Scaffolded version (9 pages)
The documents
- The Reconstruction Amendments
- The General Assembly's Rejection
- Governor Bramlette's Message
- Freedmen's Bureau Reports
- Governor Stevenson's Message (1869)
- The Kentucky State Colored Convention
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 class periods
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 8: 8.C.KGO.1, 8.C.PR.2, 8.C.RR.2, 8.H.CH.5, 8.I.Q, 8.I.UE, 8.I.CC
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