Reconstruction section 1

1. The Legacy of the War

2. The War is Over
 Gettysburg-The Turning point in the
war
 Sherman’s March to the Sea-
Destroyed the South’s will to fight
 Re-Election of Lincoln- 1864

3. The Surrender
 By late March 1865 it was clear that
the end of the Confederacy was near
 April 9, 1865-Appomattox, Virginia
 Court House, Lee and Grant meet to end
the War
 After 4 long years, Lee surrendered and
the war was over

4. 1. The Civil war settled long-standing
disputes over states’ rights and
slavery.
2. The federal government established
supreme authority, and no state has
threatened secession since.
Outcomes of the Civil
War:

5. Assassination of Lincoln
 5 days after Lee surrendered to Grant
 Lincoln and his wife went to Ford’s
Theatre in Washington, DC
 John Wilkes Booth, southern
sympathizer, shot the president in the
back of the head
 Lincoln died the following morning

6. Reconstruction opening video
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIC8ifQ
 After the video, write a reflection and
include 5 facts along with these
sentence starters
 I was surprised by…
 I predict that…
 I wonder why/what…

7. Causes and Effects
 Read the first page in your packet
“Putting the Nation back together”
 Write a paragraph about the causes
and effects of Reconstruction

8. What about the South?
 The War devastated the South
economically
 Took away the South’s source of
cheap labor (slavery)
 Also wrecked the region’s industry
 40% of livestock killed, and farm land
and railroad tracks destroyed

9. Richmond, 1865

13. Effects of the War

14. Library of Congress
Effects of the War

15. Library of Congress
Effects of the War

16. Effects of the War

17. Library of Congress
Effects of the War

18. Harpers Weekly
Effects of the War

19. Effects of the War

20. Effects of the War

21. Effects of the War

22. Effects of the War

24. War is Over…Now What?
 Abolition of slavery (13th
Amendment)
 Huge gap between the northern and
southern economy
 Physical devastation of South
 Reunification of the country
 Reconstruction of the South
 Increased federal authority

25. Costs of the War
 Union war costs totaled $2.3 billion
 Confederate war costs ran to $1 billion
 Deaths:
 Union=360,000
 Confederate=260,000

26. War changes Lives
 13th
Amendment-abolished slavery
 14th
& 15th
Amendment- citizenship and
rights for Black Americans
 Foundation of the Red Cross

27. Reconstruction Summary
 Read p. 2 of Reconstruction packet
“Putting the Nation back together”
 In your notebook, respond in a paragraph:
 Summarize what you read.- Who, what,
when, where, why of Reconstruction.
 Which do you think was the important or
long-lasting effect (that has most change on
our lives today)?
 15 point classwork grade

31. Reconstruction

32. Reconstruction
 The period after the Civil War when the US
began to rebuild
 Lasted from 1865-1877
 The process of re-admitting the Confederate
states to the Union
 Abraham Lincoln, (VP) Andrew Johnson, and
Congress had different views on how it should
be handled

33. Pg. 187

34. Lincoln’s Plan
for #1
Reconstruction
#3 Johnson’s
Plan for
Reconstruction
Congress’ Plan
10% of
southern voters
had to swear an
allegiance to the
Union
Kind to the South,
reform the
country
10% Plan Like
Lincoln
Did not want to
give rights to
freed slaves
•Stopped the Civil
Rights Act
•Stopped the
Freedmen's
Bureau
(Radical
Republicans)
Tough on the
South!
Wanted to
Punish them for
starting the War!
Military Law
*Must accept
new
amendments

35. Main Idea
 Congress opposed Lincoln’s and
Johnson’s plans for Reconstruction and
instead applied its own plan to rebuild the
South
 Reconstruction was an important step in
African American’s struggle for civil rights

36. Lincoln’s Plan
 Lincoln favored a “compassionate” or
lenient Reconstruction policy
 He believed that it was individuals, not
states, who had left the Union
 Lincoln wanted to make the South’s return
a quick and easy process

37. Johnson’s Plan
 After Lincoln’s assassination Johnson was
left to deal with the Reconstruction
controversy
 Many thought that he would have a
harsher plan for the South

38. JOHNSON HAS DISGUST FOR RADICAL REPUBLICANS ATTEMPT AT IMPROVING AFRICAN
AMERICAN LIFE/ BUT HE WAS A FORMER ABOLITIONIST!

39. RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF
1867
RADICAL REPUBLICANS MAKE
THEIR MOVE
DID NOT RECOGNIZE SOUTHERN
STATE GOVERNMENTS UNDER
LINCOLN AND JOHNSON’S PLANS-
EXCEPT FOR TENNESSEE
SPLIT TEN FORMER CONFEDERATE
STATES INTO 5 MILITARY ZONES

42. Reconstruction Act of 1867
 Did not recognize southern state
governments under Lincoln and Johnson’s
plans-except for Tennessee
 Split ten former Confederate states into 5
military zones
 In order to re-enter the Union- state had to
ratify (approve) the 13th
and 14th
Amendment
guaranteeing right to vote to African
Americans and citizenship

44. Johnson Impeached
 The Impeachment of President Andrew
Johnson was one of the biggest scandals in the
United States during Reconstruction.
 Johnson was impeached for breaking the
Tenure of Office Act.
 He had removed Edwin M. Stanton, the
Secretary of War, from office and replaced him
with Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas.
 Found Not Guilty!

45. What Now?
 Grant elected
 14th
Amendment-Citizenship for African
Americans
 15th
Amendment- African American males
given the vote

46. WHAT NOW?
GRANT ELECTED
14TH
AMENDMENT-CITIZENSHIP
FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
15TH
AMENDMENT- AFRICAN
AMERICAN MALES GIVEN THE
VOTE

47. Freedmen’s Bureau
 Set up to assist former slaves AND poor
whites
 Distributed food and clothes
 Set up hospitals and schools

48. Freedmen’s Bureau school

49. Discrimination
 The Black Codes were laws passed on the
state and local level mainly in the rural Southern
states in the United States to limit the civil rights
and civil liberties of African Americans.
 While many northern states also passed
legislation discriminating against African
Americans before the Civil War

50. Terms to know for Quiz
tomorrow!!
- 14th
Amendment - Thaddeus Stevens
- 15th
Amendment - Lincoln’s Plan
- Black codes - Hirem Revels
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Andrew Johnson
- Carpetbagger
- Scalawag
- sharecropping

51. Flip card game- Vocab review
 http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ameri
cans05/get_chapter_group.htm?
cin=12&rg=review_center&npos=4&spos=
12&at=flipcards&var=flipcards

52. After the Quiz
1. Turn in per. 2,3, or 6 basket
2. Turn in the “12-1+2” review/vocab.
Worksheets for HW credit
3. Turn in Ch. 12 Essay if not done so.
4. Take any UpFront magazine, complete a
“Current Events Graphic organizer” sheet
for any article