A Mile in Their Shoes

Read the passages on the following individuals: Ex-Confederate Soldier, Carpetbagger, Freedmen, and Women. Re reate the graphi organi!er below on "our blog page, write down three fa ts from ea h of the passages and develop a #uote for ea h using the voi e of that individual.

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Ex-Confederate Soldier Fa ts: ).+heir houses would be destro"ed ,e ause of the war &. States rights is the number ) on ern of onfederate soldiers *. +heir onl" resour es are s-ill . determination Fa ts: ). &. *.

Carpetbagger

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0ou are an Ex-Confederate Soldier who returns from the Civil War to find "our home in ruins. 0our farm and famil" are torn apart be ause of the war. +he onl" resour es available to "ou are "our own s-ill and determination sin e "our slaves were freed and "our resour es drained. 0ou hope Re onstru tion ends #ui -l" so "ou an return to the greater need 1restoring "our farm and famil" to their rightful pla e in so iet".2 Re onstru tion should be eas" for the South sin e it was their right to su eed. S alawags and Carpetbaggers will threaten "our wa" of life. ,eware of them. ,e humane to the ex-slaves. +he" had no hoi e in the matter3 however, some in "our group will begin seeing hate as the onl" option. Extremist groups su h as the 4u 4lux 4lan and the 4nights of the White Camellia start popping up throughout the South. State5s rights and the return of order to a so iet" torn b" war are "our main on ern. http:''www. ivilwar. om

0ou are a carpetbagger, an investor from the 6orth who traveled South after the war see-ing e onomi gains in the southern Re onstru tion governments. 0our name is ta-en from "our luggage. 0our bags are made of arpet. 0ou wor- with scala ags 7white southerners who supported the Radi al Republi ans8. 9ost of "our business will result in pur hasing properties for taxes, offering small sums of mone" for farms, and floating loans to the freedmen. +he freedmen re ogni!e "our importan e in their lives. :lso, understand "our position with the militar" government. +he 6orthern leaders have ontrol of the so iet" and an grant spe ial privileges for those who are similar in ideolog". +he militar" distri ts offer "ou an added personal gain. +he ex-Confederate, will loathe or detest "ou and "our power. ;on5t be rude. Remember that the"5ve <ust lost a war=. ,e gentle but don5t lose an" mone" on the deal. E onomi s and not freedmen5s rights are "our main on erns.

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:s Freedmen or ex-slaves, "ou are reali!ing "our life has hanged. >n )(?*, the Eman ipation @ro lamation freed the slaves in most areas of the South. +exas will hear the news on Aune )B, )(?C. +he $nion promised 1D% a res and a mule2 to the freedmen. Freedmen li-e "ou are on erned with the basi survival needs 7food, lothing, medi al are8, finding emplo"ment and lo ating their families. Survival is the most important aspe t of "our life sin e "ou have left "our master5s plantation and have started to pur hase small par els of land. Edu ation is offered freel". 0ou begin to attend s hool. +his opens new doors for "ou3 however, the existing government begins to restri t "our rights b" passing black codes 7laws limiting the rights of the freedmen on erning voting rights, emplo"ment, travel, leisure time, et .8 +he ex-Confederate still offers some problem to "ou be ause of the bla - odes and propert" rights. +hese men ould have "ou arrested and thrown into <ail. ;istan e "ourselves from them. +he Carpetbaggers and S alawags will also provide some diffi ult" to "ou as their e onomi power in reases. ,eware of them for the" are onl" for themselves. http:''www.inform.umd.edu':RE$';epts'Eistor"'Freedman'home.html

Women in the !nited States both 6orth and South, regardless of ra e were all found in the same position as the war began. 9ost of the adults left behind were "oung and middle-aged women. :s a woman, "ou struggled with the double burden of -eeping "our homestead and farm running without the help of the men. 0ou also had to support the soldiers at the battlefront. 0our da" was spent wor-ing the fields, sewing, oo-ing, binding, shu -ing and loading grain for what seemed an eternit". :s the war draws to an end, the burden be ame greater. +he South saw o upation b" militar" for e, lived in a militar" state and wat hed as the wounds began to heal. :nnie Earper wrote 1Ff all the desolate onditions of the human heart, few an ompare with the feeling that "ou have no ountr", no flag, an exile in the land of "our birth.2 Gee5s surrender did not mean that "our men fol- would return or if and when the" did, the" might be able to wor- the land. +his on erns "ou. :lso, the rising number of Carpetbaggers and S alawags are alarming. +wo have stopped and as-ed to pur hase "our farm. +he freedmen stop b" the farm loo-ing for wor-. Sin e, "ou onl" have Confederate mone", "ou an onl" offer them food for their wor-. Some sta" and some go. +he de ision of voting rights has ever"one dis ussing the freedmen. Gittle mention is given to women5s rights. 0ou want to s ream, but that isn5t an" wa" for a lad" to a t. ;is uss the hardships of war, "ou loo- forward to "our man5s return, and the possibilit" of voter5s rights. http:''s riptorium.lib.du-e.edu'greenhow'roseindex.html

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