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Chapter
Planning Guide
Key to Ability Levels
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Integrating Technology
Chapter
ducible
Using Repro
ns
Lesson Pla
Teach With Technology
What are Reproducible Lesson Plans?
Reproducible Lesson Plans (RLPs) are detailed lesson plans that teachers may use to prepare their
lessons throughout the year.
How can RLPs help me teach?
RLPs are organized by chapter and also by section, suggesting where the wide variety of technology
and ancillary products can be used within the book. RLPs are organized two ways:
• Teaching activities and ancillaries are presented using the FOCUS, TEACH, ASSESS, CLOSE organization
of the Teacher Wraparound Edition.
• Teaching activities and ancillaries are also grouped by skill level, which helps you identify the activities
that are appropriate for the students in your classroom.
RLPs are available on TeacherWorks™ Plus.
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• Timed Readings Plus in Social Studies helps stu-
dents increase their reading rate and fluency while
maintaining comprehension. The 400-word passages
are similar to those found on state and national
assessments.
• Reading in the Content Area: Social Studies con-
centrates on six essential reading skills that help students better comprehend what they read. The book
includes 75 high-interest nonfiction passages written
at increasing levels of difficulty.
The following videotape programs are available from
Glencoe as supplements to this Modern Times chapter:
• Civil War Battlefields (ISBN 0-76-704083-X)
• Frederick Douglass (ISBN 0-76-700120-6)
To order, call Glencoe at 1-800-334-7344. To find classroom
resources to accompany many of these videos, check the
following home pages:
A&E Television: www.aetv.com
The History Channel: www.historychannel.com
• Reading Social Studies includes strategic reading
instruction and vocabulary support in Social Studies
content for both ELLs and native speakers of English.
www.jamestowneducation.com
Reading
List Generator
CD-ROM
Use this database to search more than 30,000 titles to create
a customized reading list for your students.
• Reading lists can be organized by students’ reading
level, author, genre, theme, or area of interest.
• The database provides Degrees of Reading Power™
(DRP) and Lexile™ readability scores for all selections.
• A brief summary of each selection is included.
Index to National Geographic Magazine:
The following articles relate to this chapter:
• “Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War” by
Thomson Gale, June 2006.
Leveled reading suggestions for this chapter:
For students at a Grade 8 reading level:
• Gentle Annie: The True Story of a Civil War Nurse, by Mary
Francis Shura
• “Civil War Battlefields: Saving the Landscapes of America’s
Deadliest War” by Adam Goodheart, April 2005.
For students at a Grade 9 reading level:
• The Battle of Gettysburg: Turning Point of the Civil War, by
Gina DeAngelis
National Geographic Society Products To order the
following, call National Geographic at 1-800-368-2728:
For students at a Grade 10 reading level:
• A Yankee Girl at Gettysburg, by Alice Turner Curtis
• The Civil War (CD-ROM)
For students at a Grade 11 reading level:
• To Hold this Ground: A Desperate Battle at Gettysburg,
by Susan Provost Beller
Access National Geographic’s new, dynamic MapMachine
Web site and other geography resources at:
www.nationalgeographic.com
www.nationalgeographic.com/maps
For students at a Grade 12 reading level:
• Outrageous Women of Civil War Times, by Mary Rodd
Furbee
120D
Introducing
Chapter
Focus
MAKING CONNECTIONS
How Do Nations Fight and
Recover from War?
Ask students to recall how the
battles of the Revolutionary War
were fought. Then, activate prior
knowledge by asking them about
what battle was like in the Civil
War. Students may recall the massive casualties of major battles,
the horrors of medical amputations, and trench warfare. OL
Chapter
The Civil War and
Reconstruction
1848–1877
SECTION 1 The Civil War Begins
SECTION 2 Fighting the Civil War
SECTION 3 Reconstruction
Teach
The Big Ideas
As students study the chapter,
remind them to consider the
section-based Big Ideas included
in each section’s Guide to Reading.
The Essential Questions in the
activities below tie in to the Big
Ideas and help students think
about and understand important
chapter concepts. In addition, the
Hands-on Chapter Projects with
their culminating activities relate
the content from each section to
the Big Ideas. These activities
build on each other as students
progress through the chapter.
Section activities culminate in the
wrap-up activity on the Visual
Summary page.
1862
• Lincoln presents
Emancipation Proclamation
1861
• Fort Sumter fired upon
Lincoln
1861–1865
1865
• Lee surrenders to Grant
• Lincoln assassinated
1863
• Battle of
Gettysburg
A. Johnson 1866
1865–1869 • Congress passes
the Fourteenth
Amendment
1867
• Congress passes the
Military Reconstruction Act
U.S. PRESIDENTS
U.S. EVENTS
WORLD EVENTS
1860
1861
• Russian serfs
emancipated by
Czar Alexander II
1862
• British firm builds the
warship Alabama for
the Confederacy
1863
1866
1864
• Karl Marx founds
First International
to promote socialism
1866
• Completion of
transatlantic
cable
1869
1868
• Meiji Restoration
begins Japanese
modernization
1869
• First ships
pass through
Suez Canal
120 Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Section 1
120
Section 2
The Civil War Begins
Fighting the Civil War
Essential Question: What advantages and
disadvantages did the North and the South
have at the start of the Civil War? (The North
had a better transportation network, more factories, and a larger population; the South had
valuable export crops and many top military
leaders.) Point out that in Section 1 students
will learn how the Civil War began and how the
fighting differed from earlier wars. OL
Essential Question: How did the
Emancipation Proclamation change the Civil
War? (By putting the abolition of slavery at the
heart of the Union’s war effort, the Emancipation
Proclamation gave it a new moral dimension.)
Point out that in Section 2 students will learn
about the naval war, Lee’s invasion of the
North, and the reasons that Lincoln issued
the Emancipation Proclamation. OL
Introducing
Chapter
Chapter Audio
MAKING CONNECTIONS
How Do Nations Fight and
Recover From War?
The Civil War was in many respects the first modern war.
Both sides fielded large armies, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed. Following the war, the
nation faced major problems. American leaders had to
find a way to reconcile Northerners and Southerners,
restore Southern governments, and protect the rights of
the formerly enslaved.
• Why was the North able to defeat the South?
• What did the United States do to reconstruct the
South?
More About the
Photo
Visual Literacy The Third
Minnesota Infantry Regiment
saw action in two different conflicts in the early 1860s. In July
1862, it took part in the campaign
for Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
during which it surrendered to
Confederate forces. Shortly thereafter, however, the regiment was
released and allowed to return to
Minnesota to put down an uprising among the Sioux known as the
Dakota War of 1862. This painting
depicts the Third Minnesota
Regiment in September 1863, back
in the campaign against the
Confederacy.
Dinah Zike’s
Foldables
Outlining Compromise Efforts Create a
Grant
1870
1869–1877
• Fifteenth
Amendment
ratified
1872
1871
• Germany is unified;
the German Empire
proclaimed
1877
1875
• Compromise of 1877
• “Whiskey Ring”
ends Reconstruction
scandal breaks
efforts
1875
1874
• First Impressionist art
exhibit opens in Paris
Hayes
1877–1881
1878
Half-Book Foldable that lists the failure of compromise efforts before the Civil War. Complete
the chart by showing the series of compromises
attempted. Describe each compromise effort on
the left-hand colise
Outcomes
Comproms
umn. In the rightEffort
hand column,
describe the outcome of each
compromise.
and enter
Chapter 3 resources.
Chapter 3
Section 3
Reconstruction
Essential Question: What key issues caused
disagreements about how Reconstruction
should take place? (Under what conditions
Southern states could organize state governments; oaths of loyalty; amnesty for high-ranking
Confederates; protection of formerly enslaved
African Americans’ rights.) Tell students that in
this section they will learn about three plans
for handling these issues, over which there was
much debate. OL
Visit glencoe.com
code TAVMT5147c3 for
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Dinah Zike’s Foldables are
three-dimensional, interactive graphic organizers that
help students practice basic
writing skills, review vocabulary terms, and identify main
ideas. Instructions for creating and using Foldables can
be found in the Appendix at
the end of this book and in
the Dinah Zike’s Reading and
Study Skills Foldables booklet.
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enter
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resources, including a Chapter
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Chapter 3 •
Section 1
Section 1
Focus
Daily Focus Transparency 3-1
ANSWER: D
Teacher Tip: Remind students to carefully read each item
in the table before making a decision.
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UNIT
1
DAILY FOCUS SKILLS
TRANSPARENCY 3-1
Comparing and Contrasting
NORTH VS. SOUTH AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
CATEGORIES
NORTH
SOUTH
Population
22 Million
9 Million (one-third
enslaved)
Experienced naval
officers
75%
25%
Experienced sailors
Experienced military
officers
Nearly 100%
Nearly 0%
Directions: Answer the following
question based on the table.
During the Civil War, the
North (the Union) fought
the South (the Confederacy).
In which category did the
South have an advantage
over the North?
A factories/industries
I
Guide to Reading
Big Ideas
Struggles for Rights After Lincoln’s
election to the presidency, many
Southerners placed state loyalty above
loyalty to the Union.
B large population
690
313
Military colleges
1
7
Factories/industry
80% of nation’s total
20% of nation’s total
Railroads
Twice as many miles
Half as many miles
Finances
• Controlled the
National Treasury
• Expected
continued
tax revenues
• Small banks
• Indebted planters
C experienced military officers
D military colleges
Content Vocabulary
• martial law (p. 126)
• habeas corpus (p. 128)
• attrition (p. 129)
Guide to Reading
over an issue. Read on to learn why Southern states refused to compromise
in 1861 and instead decided to secede from the Union, sparking a bloody
civil war.
Reading Strategy
Taking Notes Use the major headings
in this section to record information
about the events that led to the Civil
War and the status of the opposing
sides.
The Union Dissolves
I. The Election of 1860
A.
B.
C.
II.
To generate student interest and
provide a springboard for class
discussion, access the Chapter 3,
Section 1 video at glencoe.com or
on the video DVD.
Resource Manager
122
Reading
Strategies
C
The Union Dissolves
HISTORY AND YOU Think of a time when you were unable to compromise
People and Events to Identify
• Crittenden’s Compromise (p. 124)
• Jefferson Davis (p. 125)
• Confederacy (p. 125)
• Fort Sumter (p. 125)
• Robert E. Lee (p. 126)
• Anaconda Plan (p. 129)
Students should complete the
outline by including all the heads
in the section.
n the end, all attempts at compromise between the
North and South over slavery failed. The outcome of
the 1860 election triggered the first shots of the long,
bloody Civil War.
MAIN Idea The election of Abraham Lincoln led the Southern states to
secede from the Union.
Academic Vocabulary
• sufficient (p. 127)
• implement (p. 129)
Answers:
Students’ outlines should begin
with the following points:
The Civil War Begins
The Union Dissolves
I. The Election of 1860
A. The Democrats Split
B. Lincoln Is Elected
C. Secession Begins
II. Compromise Fails
R
Spotlight Video
The Civil War Begins
Bellringer
Chapter 3
Section Audio
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry became a turning point for
the South. Many Southerners were terrified and enraged by the idea
that Northerners would deliberately try to arm enslaved people and
encourage them to rebel. Although Republican leaders quickly
denounced Brown’s raid, many Southern newspapers and politicians
blamed Republicans for the attack. To many Southerners, the key
point was that both the Republicans and Brown opposed slavery.
The Election of 1860
In April 1860, with the South still in an uproar, Democrats from
across the United States gathered in Charleston, South Carolina, to
choose their nominee for president.
The Democrats Split Southern Democrats wanted their party to
uphold the Dred Scott decision and defend slaveholders’ rights in the
territories. Northern Democrats, led by Stephen Douglas, preferred
to continue supporting popular sovereignty. When Northerners
also rebuffed the idea of a federal slave code in the territories,
50 Southern delegates stormed out of the convention. The walkout
meant that neither Douglas nor anyone else could muster the twothirds majority needed to become the party’s nominee.
In June 1860, the Democrats reconvened in Baltimore. Again,
Southern delegates walked out. The remaining Democrats then chose
Stephen Douglas as their candidate. The Southerners who had bolted
organized their own convention in Richmond and nominated John
C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, the sitting vice president.
Meanwhile, many former Whigs and others were alarmed at the
prospect of Southern secession. They created a new party, the
Constitutional Union Party, and chose former Tennessee senator John
Bell to run for president. The party took no position on issues dividing
Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Critical
Thinking
D
Differentiated
Instruction
W
Writing
Support
S
Skill
Practice
Teacher Edition
Teacher Edition
Teacher Edition
Teacher Edition
Teacher Edition
• Organizing, p. 125
• Academic Vocab.,
p. 127
• Simulating, p. 128
• Identifying Central
Issues, p. 126
• Gifted/Talented, p. 123
• Interpersonal, p. 128
• Persuasive Writing,
p. 124
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
• Supreme Court Case
Studies, p. 13
• Quizzes/Tests, p. 29
• Paraphrasing, p. 124
• Identifying Point of
View, p. 125
• Creating a Circle Graph,
p. 127
• Differentiated Instr. Act., • Prim. Source Read., URB
URB p. 87
p. 99
Additional Resources
• English Learner Act.,
• Foldables, p. 55
URB p. 89
• RENTG, p. 25
Additional Resources
• Reading Skills Act., URB
p. 85
• Guide. Read. Act., URB
p. 112
Chapter 3 •
Section 1
The Election of 1860
Stephen Douglas holds
a bat labeled “Nonintervention”and blames
Lincoln’s rail for his loss.
After the slavery issue split the Democratic Party, the election of
1860 evolved into a four-way race. In the cartoon, the artist implies
that Lincoln won because he had the best bat, which is labeled
“equal rights and free territories,” while the other candidates were
for compromise or the extension of slavery.
John Breckinridge’s
bat is labeled “slavery
extension” and his belt
says Disunion Club.
Teach
D Differentiated
Instruction
Election of 1860
OR
3
CA
4
TX
4
Presidential
Candidate
Gifted and Talented Ask stu-
% of
Popular Electoral
Votes
Vote
Political
Party
Popular
Votes
Lincoln
Republican
1,866,452
39.83%
180
Breckinridge
Southern
Democratic
847,953
18.10%
72
Constitutional
Union
590,901
12.61%
39
Democratic
1,380,202
29.46%
12
Bell
Douglas
dents to use library and Internet
sources to research information
about the political platforms and
principles of the Republican Party
between 1854 and 1876 and the
party’s principles today. Based on
their research, have students write
a three-page report comparing
the party then and now. AL
NH 5
VT 5 ME
8 MA
MN
13
4
NY
WI
MI
35
RI 4
5
6
CT 6
PA
IA
NJ 7
27
4
IL IN OH
4 (R), 3 (D)
11 13 23
VA
DE 3
MO
15
MD 8
9
KY 12
NC
TN 12
10
AR
SC
4
8
GA
MS AL 10
LA 7 9
6
FL
3
John Bell’s bat is
labeled “Fusion”
and his belt says
Union Club.
Abraham Lincoln, the
winner, stands on home
base holding a rail
labeled “Equal Rights
and Free Territory.”
Analyzing VISUALS
1. Interpreting How does the map show that
Lincoln was a sectional candidate?
2. Identifying Points of View Do you think that
the artist was sympathetic to abolition or not?
Explain.
North and South. Their purpose, they said, was
to uphold the Constitution and the Union.
Lincoln Is Elected The Republicans, realizing they stood no chance in the South, needed
a candidate who could sweep most of the
North. The most prominent Republican at the
time was Senator William Seward from New
York, but many Republicans did not think
Seward had a wide enough appeal. Instead,
they nominated Abraham Lincoln, who had
gained a national reputation during his debates
with Douglas. Although he was not an abolitionist, Lincoln believed that slavery was morally wrong, and he opposed its spread into the
western territories.
During the campaign the Republicans
remained true to their free-soil principles, but
they reaffirmed the right of the Southern states
to preserve slavery within their borders. They
also supported higher tariffs to protect manufacturers and workers, a new homestead law
for settlers in the West, and federal funds for a
transcontinental railroad.
Chapter 3
Analyzing VISUALS
Answers:
1. He won no states south of the
Ohio River.
2. Possible answer: Yes. The artist labels Lincoln’s larger “bat”
with the words “equal rights
and free territory,” and adds
the words “wide awake” on
Lincoln’s belt. Also, Lincoln is
saying that you need a “good
bat,” to hit a “fair ball.” All
these words are positive.
Lincoln is standing tall and
the others look somewhat
ridiculous.
D
The Civil War and Reconstruction 123
Hands-On
Chapter Project
Step 1
Art Show on the Civil War
and Reconstruction
Step 1: Researching the Topics
Essential Question: What events occurred
during the Civil War and Reconstruction,
and how can they be captured in images?
Directions Explain to students that they are
going to create an art show of perhaps 10
images that they will hang in the classroom,
a school hall, or foyer, complete with a title, a
brief introduction near the beginning, and
the accompanying explanatory tags that will
identify the images. In this step, two teams
of students will: a) depict events of the
Civil War and Reconstruction; and b) depict
themes of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Teams will discuss how to depict events and
themes of the Civil War and Reconstruction
using images. (Students may choose to use
graphic organizers, maps, charts, paintings,
or drawings. Students may create their own
images or find historical images online or in
the library.)
Putting It Together After the two teams
have selected four or five images, they should
share them and see how they fit together.
Each team should finalize their selections,
and then begin creating them. OL
(Chapter Project is continued on page 131)
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Chapter 3 •
Section 1
W Writing Support
The Republican proposals angered many
Southerners, but with the Democrats divided,
Lincoln won the election by winning the electoral votes of all the free states except New
Jersey, whose votes he split with Douglas.
Persuasive Writing Ask stu-
Secession Begins Many Southerners viewed
dents to imagine that they are
President-elect Abraham Lincoln
in the winter of 1860–1861. Have
students write an essay explaining
what they, as Lincoln, think
Congress should do to keep the
Union together. OL
Lincoln’s election as a threat to their society
and culture, even their lives. They saw no
choice but to secede. The dissolution of the
Union began with South Carolina. Shortly
after Lincoln’s election, the state legislature
called for a convention. On December 20, 1860,
amid marching bands, fireworks, and militia
drills, the convention voted unanimously to
repeal the state’s ratification of the Constitution
and dissolve its ties to the Union.
By February 1, 1861, six more states in the
Lower South—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—had also voted
to secede. Although a minority in these states
did not want to leave the Union, the majority
of Southerners viewed secession as similar to
the American Revolution—a necessary course
of action to uphold people’s rights.
S Skill Practice
Paraphrasing Have students
read the poster on the time line.
Ask them to paraphrase its message. Then, ask students to
speculate about what group or
individual may have written and
posted this message. OL
▲ David Wilmot
1846
Wilmot Proviso
proposing to ban
slavery in Mexican
cession enrages
Southerners
1847
Vice President George
Dallas proposes popular
sovereignty; Democrat
Lewis Cass popularizes the idea, angering
Northern antislavery
Democrats
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1848
Free-Soil Party is
founded by Northern
antislavery Whigs,
Democrats, and members of the Liberty Party
Compromise Fails
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Although Lincoln was elected president in
November 1860, he would not be inaugurated
until the following March. The Union’s initial
response to secession was the responsibility of
President Buchanan. Declaring that the government had no authority to forcibly preserve
the Union, Buchanan urged Congress to be
conciliatory.
Crittenden’s Compromise In December,
Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky proposed a series of amendments to the Constitution. Crittenden’s Compromise, as the
newspapers called it, would guarantee slavery
where it already existed. It would also reinstate
the Missouri Compromise line and extend it all
the way to the California border. Slavery would
be prohibited in all territories north of the line
and protected in all territories south of the line.
At Lincoln’s request, congressional
Republicans voted against Crittenden’s
Compromise. Accepting slavery in any of the
territories, Lincoln argued,“acknowledges that
1850
Compromise of 1850
allows California
to enter Union as
a free state, giving
free states a Senate
majority, but the new
Fugitive Slave law
enrages Northerners
1849
California Gold
Rush brings
flood of settlers;
California applies
for statehood
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1852
Uncle Tom’s
Cabin is
published
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Abolition Abraham Lincoln opposed the
expansion of slavery into new territories, but did
not propose to abolish slavery. In his election
campaign of 1860, he promised not to interfere
with slavery where it already legally existed (the
Southern states). Indeed, even after he won the
election, he wrote to future vice president of
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the Confederacy, Alexander H. Stephens: “Do the
people of the South really entertain fears that a
Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them,
about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you,
as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy,
that there is no cause for such fears.”
slavery has equal rights with liberty, and surrenders all we have contended for.”
Founding the Confederacy On February
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8, 1861, delegates from the seceding states met
in Montgomery, Alabama, where they declared
themselves to be a new nation—the
Confederate States of America. They drafted a
constitution similar to the U.S. Constitution
but with major changes. The Confederate
Constitution acknowledged the independence
of each state, guaranteed slavery in Confederate
territory, banned tariffs, and limited the president to a single six-year term.
The convention delegates chose former
Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis to be
president. In his inaugural address, Davis
declared, “The time for compromise has now
passed.” He then called on the remaining
Southern states to join the Confederacy.
The Civil War Begins
In his inaugural address on March 4, 1861,
President Lincoln again promised not to inter-
1854
Kansas-Nebraska
Act crafted by
Stephen Douglas
repeals Missouri
Compromise;
Republican Party
is founded
Chapter 3 •
fere with slavery where it existed but insisted
that “the Union of these States is perpetual.”
Lincoln encouraged reconciliation:
R Reading Strategy
PRIMARY SOURCE
“In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen, and not
in mine is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict,
without yourselves being the aggressors. . . . We
must not be enemies. Though passion may have
strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
Section 1
Organizing Have students create a chart listing the states in one
of three categories: Free States,
Slave States that Seceded, and
Slave States That Did Not Secede.
OL
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—from Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
Fort Sumter Falls In April Lincoln announced that he intended to resupply Fort
Sumter in Charleston Harbor, one of the few
federal military bases that Southerners had not
already seized. Confederate President Jefferson
Davis now faced a problem. To tolerate U.S.
troops in the South’s most vital Atlantic harbor
seemed unacceptable for a sovereign nation.
However, firing on the supply ship would
undoubtedly provoke war. Jefferson decided to
demand the surrender of Fort Sumter before
the supply ship arrived.
S Skill Practice
Identifying Point of View
Ask students to read Lincoln’s First
Inaugural Address and then write
a few paragraphs explaining the
quote. Ask: What message is
Lincoln sending to the seceding
states? What is his tone? (He is
reminding the South that despite
differences, the United States
must remain united; his tone is
conciliatory.) OL
Analyzing TIME LINES
1856
Charles Sumner is
caned in the Senate
1858
Abraham Lincoln wins
1859
national attention during John Brown raids
Lincoln-Douglas debates Harpers Ferry
1856
Border ruffians
attack antislavery
settlers in Lawrence,
Kansas; John Brown
leads attack on
pro-slavery settlers
in Pottawatomie
Creek, Kansas
1857
Dred Scott
decision allowing slavery in
all federal territories enrages
Northerners
▲ Antislavery settlers in Kansas
1860
Lincoln is
elected;
secession
begins
Answers:
1. 10 years until Lincoln is
elected; 11 years until the first
shots are fired
2. the Wilmot Proviso
Analyzing TIME LINES
1. Specifying How many years elapsed
between the Compromise of 1850 and the
beginning of the Civil War?
2. Identifying Which came first—the Dred
Scott decision or the Wilmot Proviso?
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Activity: Connecting with the United States
Comparing and Contrasting Provide
students with a copy of the Constitution of
the Confederate States of America (available online from the Library of Congress at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/
lwcc.html) and ask them to compare it to
the Constitution of the United States of
America in their textbook. Have students
prepare an outline that lists the points upon
which the two documents agree and
disagree. Ask: On which points do the
two documents agree? On which points
are the two documents different?
(Similarities: Students should note that the
basic framework for government is the same
and presented in the same order. Direct students to Article I, Section 9 and Article 6,
Section 5 of the Confederate Constitution and
ask them to compare these sections to the Bill
of Rights. Differences: In addition to replac-
ing “United States” with “Confederate States,”
the Constitution of the Confederacy uses the
term slave while the U.S. Constitution uses
“other persons.” Direct students to examine
closely those sections of the Confederate
Constitution that deal with slavery and the
rights of slaveholders.) AL
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The fort’s commander, U.S. Army Major
Robert Anderson, refused. Confederate forces
then bombarded Fort Sumter for 33 hours on
April 12 and 13, until Anderson and his
exhausted men gave up.
C Critical Thinking
MAIN Idea The North and South each had distinct advantages and disadvantages at the beginning of the Civil War.
HISTORY AND YOU Do you believe limiting civil
Identifying Central Issues
The Upper South Secedes After the fall
Tell students that under martial
law, anyone supporting secession—or suspected of supporting
secession—could be arrested and
held without trial. Ask: What
rights do you think people in
Maryland referred to in their
objections? (Students might mention either individual rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights or the
interference of the federal government in states’ rights.) OL
of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for
75,000 volunteers to serve in the military
for 90 days. This created a crisis in the Upper
South. Many people in those states did not
want to secede, but they were not willing to
take up arms against fellow Southerners.
Between April 17 and June 8, 1861, four more
states chose to leave the Union—Virginia,
Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The
Confederate Congress then established
Richmond, Virginia, as the capital.
Holding the Border States With the
Northwestern Virginians—
mostly owners of small
farms—did not see why
they should leave the Union
to protect the rights of plantation slaveholders. In 1861,
the northwestern counties
applied for statehood as
West Virginia.
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Answer:
Northern Democrats supported
popular sovereignty to decide
the issue of slavery in the
territories.
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Support
The Opposing Sides
Upper South gone, Lincoln could not afford to
lose the slaveholding border states as well.
Delaware seemed safe, but Lincoln worried
about Kentucky, Missouri, and particularly
Maryland. Virginia’s secession had placed a
Confederate state across the Potomac River
from the nation’s capital. If Maryland joined
the South, Washington, D.C., would be surrounded by Confederate territory. To prevent
Maryland’s secession, Lincoln imposed
martial law—military rule—in Baltimore,
where angry mobs had already attacked federal troops. Fearing that Confederate agents in
Washington, D.C., were plotting against the
Union government, Lincoln suspended the
right of habeas corpus, which protects citizens
from illegal imprisonment without evidence.
Dozens of suspected secessionist leaders were
imprisoned. Chief Justice Robert Taney ruled
against the suspension, but Lincoln ignored
this in the face of impending war.
Kentucky initially declared neutrality in the
conflict, but when Confederate troops occupied part of Kentucky, the state declared war
on the Confederacy, and Lincoln sent troops to
help. In Missouri, despite strong public support for the Confederacy, the state convention
voted to stay in the Union. Federal troops then
ended fights between the pro-Union government and secessionists.
Explaining Why did Southern
Democrats walk out of the Democratic Convention?
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liberties during wartime is justified? Read on to
learn how President Lincoln decided to suspend
writs of habeas corpus during the Civil War.
On the same day that he learned his home
state of Virginia had voted to secede from the
Union, Robert E. Lee—one of the best senior
officers in the United States Army—received
an offer from General Winfield Scott to command Union troops. Although Lee had spoken
against secession and considered slavery “a
moral and political evil,” he refused to fight
against the South. Instead, he offered his services to the Confederacy.
Lee was one of hundreds of military officers
who resigned to join the Confederacy. In 1860
seven of the nation’s eight military colleges
were in the South. These colleges provided the
region with a large number of trained officers
to quickly organize an effective fighting force.
Just as the South had a strong military tradition, the North had a strong naval tradition.
More than three-quarters of the Navy’s officers
came from the North, and the crews of American
merchant ships were almost entirely from the
North. They provided a large pool of trained
sailors for the Union navy as it expanded.
The Opposing Economies
Although the South had many experienced
officers to lead its troops in battle, the North
had several economic advantages. In 1860 the
population of the North was about 22 million,
while the South had about 9 million people.
The North’s larger population gave it a great
advantage in raising an army and in supporting the war effort.
Industry The North’s industries also gave
the region an important economic advantage
over the South. In 1860 almost 90 percent of
the nation’s factories were located in the
Northern states. The North could provide its
troops with ammunition and other supplies
more easily. In addition, the South had only
half as many miles of railroad track as the
North and had only one line—from Memphis
Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Activity: Technology Connection
Synthesizing Have students consider how
the Civil War would have been reported using
modern communications methods. Ask: Do
you think modern reporting might have
gained the South the international diplomatic
support it sought? Why or why not? Have students consider how the Civil War might be covered today via media such as international satellite
broadcasts, instant electronic communications,
and Internet blogs. Then, ask students to predict
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whether more intense international coverage
of the war would have won more or less support for the Confederate cause. (Answers will
vary.) OL
Chapter 3 •
The Opposing Sides
Section 1
S Skill Practice
Creating a Circle Graph
Have students create a circle
graph showing the populations
of the North and the South as
percentages of the total U.S.
population. BL ELL
▲ Confederate soldiers of the 3rd Georgia
Infantry (above) fought under Lee’s
command during the Peninsula campaign.
The Confederacy had fewer soldiers but
many of the nation’s best officers.
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Academic Vocabulary Have
Resources of the Union and of the Confederacy
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1. Interpreting Based on the graph,
what were the North’s greatest advantages over the South?
2. Assessing Which of the North’s
advantages do you think were most
important in winning the war? Why?
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Financing the War The Union also controlled the national treasury and could expect
continued revenue from tariffs. Many Northern
banks also held large reserves of cash, which
they lent the government by purchasing bonds.
In order to make more money available for
emergency use, Congress also passed the Legal
Tender Act, creating a national currency and
allowing the government to issue paper money.
The paper money came to be known as greenbacks, because of its color.
In contrast to the Union, the Confederacy’s
financial situation was poor, and it became
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82%
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Analyzing VISUALS
to Chattanooga—connecting the western
states of the Confederacy to the east. This
made it much easier for Northern troops to
disrupt the Southern rail system and prevent
the movement of supplies and troops.
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Union troops were generally better equipped
than Confederate forces.
students locate and read the sentence that includes the vocabulary word sufficient. Ask: What
is a synonym for the word
sufficient? Encourage students to
use the thesaurus. Ask volunteers
to use the word sufficient in a sentence of their own. BL ELL
Source: Historical Statistics of the United States.
worse over time. Most Southern planters were
in debt and unable to buy bonds. Southern
banks were small and had few cash reserves;
as a result, they could not buy many bonds
either. The best hope for the South to raise
money was by taxing trade. Then, shortly after
the war began, the Union Navy blockaded
Southern ports, which reduced trade and, as a
result, tax revenues. The Confederacy had to
resort to direct taxation of its people, but many
Southerners refused to pay.
Lacking sufficient money from taxes or
bonds, the Confederacy was forced to print
paper money to pay its bills. This caused rapid
inflation in the South, and Confederate paper
money eventually became almost worthless.
By the end of the war, the South had experienced 9,000 percent inflation, compared to
only 80 percent in the North.
Chapter 3
Analyzing VISUALS
Answers:
1. The North produced 94% of
the nation’s iron and 92% of
manufactured goods; it also
possessed 90% of the nation’s
merchant ships.
2. Possible answers include a
larger population, more
factories, better funding
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Additional
Support
Activity: Collaborative Learning
Creating a Graphic Organizer Have students work in groups of four to create a graphic
organizer about the strengths and weaknesses
of the North and the South. They should scan
the section for information and cooperatively
place each strength and weakness into one of
the following categories: cultural, social, economic, or political. As a group, students should
decide which type of graphic organizer they
want to use. Then have each student decide
which category to depict on the graphic organizer. Finally, each student should illustrate the
information in his or her category on the graphic
organizer. OL
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Chapter 3 •
Section 1
The Political Situation
R Reading Strategy
Simulating Have students take
on the role of an army recruiter
addressing potential soldiers.
Have students write newspaper
articles listing five reasons to
enlist in the Union Army. OL
R
D Differentiated
Instruction
Interpersonal Ask students
if they know anyone who has
served in the military or Peace
Corps. Ask how that person kept
in touch with family and friends.
Then, encourage students to
consider how Civil War soldiers
communicated with their
families. OL BL
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Although many Republicans wanted to end
slavery, Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union,
even if it meant allowing slavery to continue.
The president also had to contend with the
Democrats. A faction known as the War
Democrats supported a war to save the Union
but opposed ending slavery. Peace Democrats
wanted to negotiate instead of fighting a war.
One major disagreement between Republicans and Democrats concerned conscription—
or forcing people through a draft into military
service. In 1862, Congress passed a militia law
requiring states to use conscription if they
could not recruit enough volunteers, but many
Democrats opposed it.
Criticism also greeted President Lincoln’s
decision to suspend writs of habeas corpus. A
writ of habeas corpus is a court order that
requires the government to charge an impris-
TECHNOLOGY
oned person with a crime or let the person go
free. When writs of habeas corpus are suspended, a person can be imprisoned indefinitely without trial. In this case, President
Lincoln suspended the writ for anyone who
openly supported the rebels or encouraged
others to resist the militia draft. “Must I shoot
a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts,” the
president asked,“while I must not touch a hair
of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?
Although the South had no organized opposition party, Confederate president Jefferson
Davis also faced political problems. The
Confederate constitution protected states’ rights
and limited the central government’s power. This
interfered with Davis’s ability to conduct the war.
Some Southern leaders opposed Davis when he
supported conscription and established martial
law early in 1862. They also opposed the suspension of writs of habeas corpus, which the South,
like the North, had introduced.
& HISTORY
Civil War Technology Military conflict often leads to the
use of new technologies. The Civil War was no exception.
New weapons, ships and means of communication greatly
changed the nature of warfare.
Analyzing VISUALS
▲ Telegraph
▲ Conoidal Bullets
These new bullets made
gunfire more accurate at
greater ranges and increased
the number of casualties.
Invented before the war, the telegraph
let generals learn the results of battles
almost immediately, and change their
strategy and give new orders quickly.
▲ Balloons
The Civil War marked the first time aerial
reconnaissance was used in war. Both sides
used balloons to observe enemy troops.
▲
Answers:
1. Hot air balloons made it possible to view the location of
the enemy’s troops, enabling
military leaders to plan more
elaborate strategies for attack.
2. Generals learned the results
of battles and could transmit
orders long distance almost
immediately.
Ironclads
To operate on enemy rivers and coast lines
guarded by shore-based cannon, both sides
built armor-plated steamships. Ironclads
marked the beginning of the shift from
wooden ships to steel ships.
Analyzing VISUALS
1. Explaining How did balloons change
warfare?
2. Describing How did the telegraph
help both sides fight the war?
Additional
Support
Activity: Interdisciplinary Connection
Science Invite a physics teacher or physicist to
explain the science behind the effectiveness of
the conoidal bullet. Ask the speaker to use and
define scientific terminology and to demonstrate the applicable laws of physics. OL
128
The outbreak of the Civil War put the major governments of
Europe in a difficult situation. The Union government did not
want the Europeans interfering in the war, but Southern leaders
wanted them to recognize the Confederacy and provide it with
military aid. Southern leaders knew that European textile factories depended on Southern cotton. To pressure the British and
French, many Southern planters agreed to stop selling their cotton in these markets until the Europeans recognized the
Confederacy. Despite these efforts, both countries chose not to
go to war against the United States.
The First Modern War
The North and South were about to embark on what was, in
many respects, the first modern war. Unlike earlier European
wars, the Civil War involved huge armies that consisted mostly of
civilian volunteers and required vast amounts of supplies.
Military Technology By the 1850s, French and American
inventors had developed an inexpensive conoidal—or coneshaped—bullet that was accurate at much greater distances. At the
same time, instead of standing in a line, troops defending positions
began to use trenches and barricades to protect themselves. This
resulted in much higher casualties. Attrition—the wearing down
of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and
resources—also played a critical role as the war dragged on.
The South’s Strategy Early in the war, Jefferson Davis imagined a struggle similar to the American war for independence.
Southern generals would pick their battles carefully, attacking
and retreating when necessary to avoid heavy losses. By waging
a defensive war of attrition, Davis believed the South could force
the Union to spend its resources until it became tired of the war
and agreed to negotiate. Although this strategy made sense,
Davis felt great pressure to strike for a quick victory. Many
Southerners believed that their military traditions made them
superior fighters. In the war, Southern troops went on the offensive in eight battles, suffering 20,000 more casualties than the
Union by charging enemy lines. These were heavy losses the
South could not afford.
The Union’s Anaconda Plan The general in chief of the
United States, Winfield Scott, suggested that the Union blockade
Confederate ports and send gunboats down the Mississippi River
to divide the Confederacy in two. The South, thus separated,
would gradually run out of resources and surrender. Many
Northerners rejected the strategy, which they called the Anaconda
Plan, after a snake that slowly strangles its prey to death. They
thought it was too slow and indirect for certain victory. Lincoln
eventually agreed to implement Scott’s suggestions and imposed
a blockade of Southern ports. He and other Union leaders realized that only a long war that focused on destroying the South’s
armies had any chance of success.
Comparing In what areas did the opposing sides
have advantages and disadvantages?
Section 1 REVIEW
Vocabulary
1. Explain the significance of: Crittenden’s
Compromise, Jefferson Davis, Confederacy,
Fort Sumter, martial law, Robert E. Lee,
habeas corpus, attrition, Anaconda Plan.
Main Ideas
2. Identifying Where and under what circumstances did the American Civil War
begin?
3. Explaining Why did the South resort to
using paper money during the war?
Critical Thinking
4. Big Ideas How did the Southerners’
belief in states’ rights hamper the
Confederate government during the war?
5. Organizing Using a graphic organizer
similar to the one below, list the military
innovations of the Civil War era.
Military
Innovations
6. Analyzing Visuals Examine the conoidal bullets shown on page 128. How did
conoidal bullets affect the war effort?
What other innovations made the Civil
War the first “modern” war?
Writing About History
7. Persuasive Writing Suppose you are
living in one of the border states at the
beginning of the Civil War. Write a letter
to a relative explaining why you are
planning to join either the Union or
Confederate army.
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Answer:
The South had a strong military
tradition, no organized opposition party, a smaller population,
and weaker economy. The North
had a strong naval tradition, a
larger population, and more
industry; controlled the national
treasury; and had to deal with
political turmoil.
Assess
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Contrasting Have students
contrast the effects of the war on
the economies of the North and
the South. OL
Section 1
REVIEW
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Answers
1. All definitions can be found in the section
and the Glossary.
2. The Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter in
Charleston Harbor, which belonged to the
United States, forcing the Union troops
there to surrender.
3. The Confederacy was unable to raise sufficient funds from taxes or bonds.
4. The South lacked a strong central government needed to coordinate the war effort.
5. huge armies, civilian volunteers, conoidal
bullets, trenches and barricades
6. Conoidal bullets caused high casualty rates;
other innovations included quick-loading
rifles, new defensive strategies such as
trenches and barricades.
7. Students’ letters will vary, but should offer
plausible scenarios about the decision to
join one side or the other.
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Section 2
Focus
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ANSWER: Union troops
Teacher Tip: Point out to students that Confederate troops
occupied the town of Gettysburg and Seminary Ridge,
whereas the Union troops defended their “fishhook”
pattern.
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Big Ideas
Individual Action In the final year of
the war, Grant refused to let up the
pressure the Union forces were putting
on Lee’s weary troops.
Content Vocabulary
• blockade runner (p. 130)
• siege (p. 134)
• mandate (p. 137)
Confederate Troops
Union Troops
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Guide to Reading
Answers:
First Battle of Bull Run:
Confederate victory; Battle of
Shiloh: Union victory, both sides
suffered high casualties; Seven
Days’ Battle: no decisive victory,
heavy casualties, Union retreated;
Second Battle of Bull Run:
Confederate victory, invasion of
Maryland; Antietam: Bloodiest
one-day battle in American history, Lee retreated due to such
high casualties
ing World War II? Read on to learn how the war affected daily life.
People and Events to Identify
• “Stonewall” Jackson (p. 130)
• Ulysses S. Grant (p. 131)
• Battle of Antietam (p. 133)
• Emancipation Proclamation (p. 133)
• Gettysburg (p. 134)
• William Tecumseh Sherman (p. 136)
• Thirteenth Amendment (p. 137)
Reading Strategy
Categorizing Complete a graphic
organizer similar to the one below by
filling in the results of each battle listed.
While the Union and Confederacy mobilized their armies,
President Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of all Confederate ports
in an effort to cut Confederate trade with the world. Although the
blockade became increasingly effective as the war dragged on,
Union vessels were thinly spread and found it difficult to stop all the
blockade runners—small, fast vessels the South used to smuggle
goods past the blockade. The South could ship at least some of its
cotton to Europe in exchange for shoes, rifles, and other supplies.
As part of its effort to close Southern ports, the Union navy
decided to seize New Orleans—the South’s largest city and a center
of the cotton trade. In April 1862, forty-two warships under the
command of Admiral David G. Farragut fought their way up the
Mississippi to New Orleans and unloaded some 15,000 Union troops.
Six days later, the troops took control of the city.
Seven Days’ Battle
Second Battle of Bull Run
Antietam
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Soon after the Civil War began, President Lincoln approved an
assault on Confederate troops gathered near Manassas Junction,
Virginia, only 25 miles (40 km) south of Washington, D.C. The First
Battle of Bull Run, as it came to be called, started well for the Union
as it forced Confederate troops to retreat. Then the tide turned when
reinforcements under the command of Thomas J. “Stonewall”
Jackson helped the Confederates defeat the Union forces. This outcome made it clear that the North would need a large, well-trained
army to prevail against the South.
Lincoln had originally called for 75,000 men to serve for three
months. The day after Bull Run, he signed a bill for the enlistment of
500,000 men for three years. The North initially tried to encourage
voluntary enlistment by offering a bounty—a sum of money given as
a bonus—to individuals who promised three years of military service.
Eventually both the Union and the Confederacy instituted the draft.
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The Early Stages
HISTORY AND YOU Do you know someone who experienced rationing dur-
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• crucial (p. 133)
• guarantee (p. 137)
Battle
espite early losses, with the help of key victories at
Vicksburg and Gettysburg, the North defeated the
South after four long years of fighting. Debate over
slavery continued until President Lincoln decided that
the time was right for emancipation.
MAIN Idea With Union casualties rising, President Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation.
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The Early Years of the Civil War, 1861–1863
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Section 2
Historians disagree over
whether or not the Union
blockade of the Confederacy
was a success. Although
most blockade runners
made it through the blockade, their impact on the
war’s outcome remains
questionable. By the end of
the war, the Confederacy was
suffering from a lack of supplies, weakening its ability to
continue fighting.
Analyzing GEOGRAPHY
New Orleans
April 24–25, 1862
Analyzing GEOGRAPHY
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85°W
1. Location Name four battles that occurred
along the eastern seaboard.
2. Movement What purpose did the North have
in fighting so many battles along the coasts?
The War in the West
In February 1862, as Farragut prepared for
his attack on New Orleans, Union general
Ulysses S. Grant began a campaign to seize
control of the Cumberland and Tennessee
Rivers. Control of these rivers would cut
Tennessee in two and provide the Union with
a river route deep into Confederate territory.
All of Kentucky and most of western
Tennessee fell into Union hands. Grant next
headed up the Tennessee River to attack
Corinth, Mississippi. Seizing Corinth would
cut the Confederacy’s only rail line connecting
Mississippi and western Tennessee to the east.
Early on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces
launched a surprise attack on Grant’s troops,
near a small church named Shiloh. The Union
won the Battle of Shiloh the following day, but
both sides paid an enormous cost. Twenty
thousand troops had been killed or wounded.
When newspapers demanded Grant be fired
because of the high casualties, Lincoln refused,
saying, “I can’t spare this man; he fights.”
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Answers:
1. Answers may include
Hampton Roads, Roanoke
Island, Cape Hatteras, Fort
Sumter, Port Royal, and Ft.
Pulaski.
2. The North wanted to control
the coastline to cut off supplies headed for the
Confederacy.
Hands-On
Chapter Project
Step 2
Art Show on the Civil War
and Reconstruction
Step 2: Selecting the Paintings for
the Art Exhibit Essential Question:
What art best represents the Civil War and
Reconstruction, and why?
Directions Student teams will continue to
create their images. In this step, students
will determine which members of their
team will create the informational tags
that will accompany the images in the art
show. The informational tags should be
typed sheets that include the following
information:
• Image title
• Brief summary of how the image relates
to the Civil War and/or Reconstruction
• Media (oil, watercolor, drawing, and
so on)
• Date of completion
• Any other pertinent information
Putting It Together In one or two sittings,
students should review the submissions
and decide which will be hung in the exhibit.
(School policy and space may determine if
this ends up being an actual exhibit or a virtual exhibit.) OL
(Chapter Project is continued on page 141)
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Chapter 3 •
Section 2
S Skill Practice
Visual Literacy Have students
D Differentiated
Instruction
Verbal/Linguistic Make available to students a copy of the
Emancipation Proclamation.
Working in pairs, students should
choose a part of the proclamation
they think is the most important
and rewrite it in their own
words. BL ELL
▲ President Lincoln meets General
George McClellan (left center, facing
Lincoln) after the Battle of Antietam.
▲
examine Civil War photographs,
sketches, and paintings. Ask them
to select an image they find particularly moving. Students can
write descriptive paragraphs or
poems about the mood or atmosphere of the image. The Library
of Congress maintains Web sites
containing many photographs
from the Civil War. OL BL
With their backs to Antietam Creek,
Union troops under the command of
General McClellan attack Confederate
positions, September 17, 1862.
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The Battle of Antietam
and the Emancipation
Proclamation
The Battle of Antietam marked an important turning point in the war. The Union’s victory kept Britain
from recognizing the Confederacy as a separate
nation. If Britain had taken this action, the balance
in the struggle might have tipped in favor of the
Confederacy. Also, the victory at Antietam and the terribly high casualties brought President Lincoln to the
decision that the time had come to end slavery in the
South by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Proclamation was the first step toward finally
outlawing slavery throughout the United States.
ANALYZING HISTORY How did emancipation
change the war? Write a brief essay explaining
your opinion.
Answer:
Students’ answers will vary, but
students should generally mention that emancipation gave the
Union cause an important moral
dimension.
Additional
Support
For the text
of the Emancipation
Proclamation, see
page R49 in
Documents in
American History.
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▲ Lincoln reads the Emancipation Proclamation to members of his cabinet.
Left of Lincoln are Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton and Secretary of
the Treasury Salmon P. Chase. In front of the table sits Secretary of State
William Seward.
The War in the East
While Grant fought in the West, Union
General George B. McClellan’s forces set out
to capture Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate
capital. In late June 1862, Confederate General
Robert E. Lee began a series of attacks on
McClellan’s forces that became known as the
Seven Days’ Battle. Lee’s attacks forced the
Union troops to retreat. Together the two sides
suffered over 30,000 casualties.
As McClellan’s forces withdrew, Lee marched
toward Union forces defending Washington.
The maneuver led to another battle at Bull Run.
The South again forced the North to retreat,
leaving the Confederates only 20 miles (32 km)
from Washington, D.C. Soon after, Lee’s forces
invaded Maryland.
Both Lee and Jefferson Davis believed that
an invasion would convince the North to
accept the South’s independence. They also
thought that a victory on Northern soil might
help the South win recognition from the British
and help the Peace Democrats gain control of
Congress in the upcoming elections. Lee could
also feed his troops from Northern farms and
draw Union troops out of Virginia during harvest season.
Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Activity: Interdisciplinary Connection
Mathematics Write the following typical
organizational structure of Civil War infantry
units on the chalkboard: company = 100 soldiers; regiment = 10 companies; brigade = 5
regiments; division = 3 brigades; corps = 3
divisions. Ask: How many soldiers make up
each military unit (regiment, brigade, division,
corps)? How many companies are in a brigade?
How many regiments are in a division? How
many companies are in a corps? (regiment =
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1,000 soldiers; brigade = 5,000 soldiers; division =
15,000 soldiers; corps = 45,000 soldiers; brigade =
50 companies; division = 15 regiments; corps =
450 companies) OL
On September 17, 1862, Lee’s forces met
Union troops under the command of General
McClellan at Antietam (an·TEE·tuhm) Creek.
The fight was the bloodiest one-day battle in
American history, ending with over 6,000 men
killed and another 16,000 wounded. McClellan
did not break Lee’s lines, but he inflicted so
many casualties that Lee decided to retreat to
Virginia.
The Battle of Antietam was a crucial victory for the Union. The British government had
been ready to intervene in the war as a mediator if Lee’s invasion had succeeded. Britain also
had begun making plans to recognize the
Confederacy should the North reject mediation. Now the British decided to wait and see
how the war progressed. With this decision,
the South lost its best chance at gaining international recognition and support. The South’s
defeat at Antietam had an even more important political impact in the United States. It
convinced Lincoln that the time had come to
end slavery in the South.
Proclaiming Emancipation
Most Democrats opposed any move to end
slavery, while Republicans were divided on the
issue. With Northern casualties rising, however, many Northerners began to agree that
slavery had to end, in part to punish the South
and in part to make the soldiers’ sacrifices
worthwhile. On September 22, 1862, encouraged by the Union victory at Antietam, Lincoln
publicly announced that he would issue the
Emancipation Proclamation—a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863.
Because the Proclamation freed enslaved
African Americans only in states at war with
the Union, it did not address slavery in the
border states. Short of a constitutional amendment, Lincoln could not end slavery in the
border states, nor did he want to endanger
their loyalty. The Proclamation, by its very existence, transformed the conflict over preserving
the Union into a war of liberation.
Life During the Civil War
As the war intensified, the economies of the
North and South went in different directions.
By the end of 1862, the South’s economy had
begun to suffer greatly. The collapse of its
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transportation system and the presence of
Union troops in several important agricultural
regions led to severe food shortages in the
winter of 1862. In several communities, food
shortages led to riots. Hearing of such hardships, many Confederate soldiers deserted to
return home to help their families.
In contrast, the North actually experienced
an economic boom because of the war. With
its large, well-established banking industry,
the North raised money for the war more
easily than the South. Its growing industries
also supplied Union troops with clothes, munitions, and other necessities.
W Writing Support
Descriptive Have students
Daily Life Both Union and Confederate soldiers endured a hard life with few comforts.
They faced the constant threat of disease and
extreme medical procedures if injured in battle.
Life for prisoners of war was just as difficult,
especially in Southern prisons that faced food
shortages.
Innovations in agriculture helped minimize
the loss of labor as men left to fight. Greater
use of mechanical reapers and mowers made
farming possible with fewer workers, many of
whom were women. Women also filled labor
shortages in various industries, particularly in
clothing and shoemaking factories.
Section 2
Student Web
Activity Visit
glencoe.com
and complete the
activity on Civil War
letters.
imagine themselves as a soldier
in the 54th Massachusetts regiment, an African American unit.
Ask: What does it mean to you
to participate in the war? What
are your goals as a soldier and
free African American? Have students write a journal entry
answering the question. OL
Answer:
Answers will vary. One possible
answer is that African Americans
saw volunteering to fight in the
war as a way to ensure their freedom from enslavement.
African Americans While the war brought
hardship to many Americans, it offered new
opportunities for African Americans. The
Emancipation Proclamation officially permitted African Americans to enlist in the Union
army and navy. Almost immediately, thousands of African Americans rushed to join the
military.
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Women Women helped in the war effort at
home by managing family farms and businesses. Perhaps their most important contribution to the Civil War was in serving as nurses
to the wounded. One of the most prominent
war nurses was Clara Barton, who left her job
in a Washington patent office to aid soldiers on
the battlefield. The Civil War was a turning
point for the American nursing profession. The
courage shown by women helped break down
the belief that women were emotionally weaker
than men.
Analyzing Why do you think
African Americans were willing to volunteer to fight?
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Support
Activity: Interdisciplinary Activity
Health Ask a health care professional to speak
to the class about first aid and infection prevention. Have students describe to the professional
some of the unsanitary conditions that existed
in battlefield hospitals during the Civil War. Then
ask the speaker to describe how modern facilities and techniques would have prevented
many of the diseases and infections (and amputations and deaths) that occurred. OL BL
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Section 2
R Reading Strategy
Outlining As students read
about “The Turning Point,” have
them take notes using the headings found in the text. Students
may want to use an outline to
help them organize the information. Remind students that
although they do not have to
write complete sentences, they
should be able to understand
what they have written. After students read the section, ask questions about what they have read.
Students should use their notes to
help answer the questions.
OL BL ELL
S Skill Practice
Identifying Point of View Tell
students to imagine that they are
newspaper reporters covering the
Battle of Gettysburg. Have each
student write two accounts of the
battle, one for a Northern newspaper, and one for a Southern
newspaper. OL
R
The Turning Point
MAIN Idea Key victories at Vicksburg and
Gettysburg helped the North defeat the South.
HISTORY AND YOU Recall a time when you faced a
situation you had been dreading. Did the outcome
surprise you? Read on to learn about Confederate
General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant.
As 1863 began, there was no end to the war
in sight. More than two years of battle lay
ahead for Americans, and the casualties would
continue to rise steeply. Still, 1863 marked the
turning point of the war. Three major Union
victories put the Confederacy on the defensive
and set the stage for its surrender.
Vicksburg
Gaining control of the Mississippi River
was a vital element of the Union strategy for
winning the Civil War. If the Union could capture Vicksburg, Mississippi, the last major
Confederate stronghold on the river, then the
North could cut the South in two.
In May 1863, Grant launched two assaults
on Vicksburg, but the city’s defenders repulsed
both attacks and inflicted high casualties.
Grant decided to put the city under siege—to
cut off its food and supplies and bombard it
until its defenders gave up. On July 4, 1863,
with his troops starving, the Confederate commander at Vicksburg surrendered.
Gettysburg
Meanwhile, in Virginia, Lee had been able
to defeat Union forces at Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville. Emboldened by these victories, Lee decided in June 1863 to launch another
invasion of the North. At the end of June, as
Lee’s army foraged in the Pennsylvania countryside, some of his troops headed into
Gettysburg, hoping to seize a supply of shoes.
When they arrived near the town, they discovered two brigades of Union cavalry. On July 1,
The Gettysburg Address
The bloody victory at Gettysburg was a major turning point in the
Civil War. It kept Britain out of the war, inflicted serious losses on
the Confederacy and helped restore Union morale. In November
1863 Lincoln went to Gettysburg to dedicate part of the battlefield as a cemetery. His speech, the Gettysburg Address, became
one of the best-known orations in American history.
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On July 3, 1863, the Confederate forces launched
an attack known later as Pickett’s Charge. Charging
up Cemetery Ridge into withering cannon fire,
the Confederates suffered nearly 7,000 casualties
in less than two hours. Soon after the attack failed,
General Lee ordered Southern forces to withdraw.
Additional
Support
Extending the Content
Military Terms The Civil War was the first
war in which strictly military terms were passed
into widespread usage. Many of these terms are
still used in common speech today, including:
K.P. (kitchen police), AWOL (absent without
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leave), pup tents (originally known as dog tents),
and shoddy (uniforms made from recycled
woolen fibers known as shoddy, which came to
denote any article of inferior quality.)
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1863, as Confederates pushed the Union troops
out of the town, the main forces of both armies
hurried to the scene of the fighting.
On July 2, Lee attacked, but the Union troops
held their ground. The following day, Lee ordered
nearly 15,000 men under the command of
General George E. Pickett and General A.P. Hill
to make a massive assault. The attack, known as
Pickett’s Charge, caused 7,000 casualties in less
than half an hour, but failed to break the Union
lines.“It is all my fault,”said Lee.“It is I who have
lost this fight.” Lee’s troops retreated to Virginia.
At Gettysburg, the Union suffered 23,000 casualties, the South an estimated 28,000, more than
one-third of Lee’s entire force.
The disaster at Gettysburg proved to be the
turning point of the war in the East. The
Union’s victory strengthened the Republicans
politically and ensured once again that the
British would not recognize the Confederacy.
For the remainder of the war, Lee’s forces
remained on the defensive, slowly giving
ground to the advancing Union army.
Grant Secures Tennessee
After the Union’s major victories at Vicksburg
and Gettysburg, fierce fighting erupted in
Tennessee near Chattanooga. Chattanooga
was a vital railroad junction. Both sides knew
that if the Union forces captured Chattanooga,
they would control a major railroad running
south to Atlanta. Following several battles,
Union forces under the command of General
Grant succeeded in scattering the Confederate
soldiers who blocked the way to the city.
By the spring of 1864, Grant’s capture of R1
Vicksburg had given the Union control of the
Mississippi River, while his victory at
Chattanooga had secured eastern Tennessee
and cleared the way for an invasion of Georgia.
Lincoln rewarded Grant by appointing him
general in chief of the Union forces and promoting him to lieutenant general, a rank no
one had held since George Washington. The
president had finally found a general he trusted
to win the war.
PRIMARY SOURCE
R2
“Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent
a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil
war, testing whether that nation, or any
nation so conceived and so dedicated,
can long endure. We are met on a great
battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of
that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their
lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor
power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly
advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full
measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people,
by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
1. Specifying To what event is Lincoln referring that
occurred “fourscore and seven years ago”?
2. Identifying Central Issues What does Lincoln
say is the main purpose of the Civil War and the reason for the sacrifices at Gettysburg?
Chapter 3
Section 2
R1 Reading Strategy
Determining Importance
Ask students to explain how battles in Tennessee began turning
the war in favor of the Union. OL
R2 Reading Strategy
Using Context Clues Some
text passages are more difficult to
read than others. This is particularly true of many historical documents that use words and phrases
that have fallen out of everyday
use. Remind students to slow
down when they encounter
unusual phrases, difficult concepts, connections to previous
ideas, new vocabulary, or text
that contains a great deal of
information. OL BL ELL
Answers:
1. the issuing of the Declaration
of Independence in 1776
2. He says that the main purpose of the war is to restore
the Union and preserve the
republic, which is a unique
“government of the people,
by the people, for the people.”
▲ More than 50,000 Americans
were killed or wounded during
the Battle of Gettysburg.
—The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
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Support
Activity: Interdisciplinary Connection
Language Arts Tell students that Stephen
Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage presents
a realistic view of the war. Select a few passages
from the book that demonstrate how Crane
paints a picture of the war. Then, tell students
that Crane did not actually fight in the Civil
War. He based his book on war stories told by
veterans and on the photographs taken by
Mathew Brady, a famous Civil War photographer. Discuss the difference between participating in an event and having the event described
by others. OL BL
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Section 2
The Cost of the Civil War
D Differentiated
Instruction
Visual/Spatial Have students
research images and written
accounts of the fall of Atlanta.
Then have them draw their own
depictions of the city’s capture.
Encourage students to be
as historically accurate as
possible. OL AL
▲ Robert E. Lee surrenders to
General Grant at Appomattox
Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
Analyzing VISUALS
Casualties of the Civil War
Troops (thousands)
Answers:
1. World War II and World War I
2. the North
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
North
Total
Deaths
Battlerelated
deaths
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Nonbattle
deaths
War on Terror
4,600
Other major
wars
5,000
War with Mexico
13,000
Revolutionary War
25,000
Korean War
36,500
Vietnam War
58,000
Source: For the Common Defense.
Additional
Support
South
American War Deaths*
World
War I
107,000
▲ The war devastated the South.
Hundreds of thousands of people were
dead, and several major cities, including
Richmond (above), lay in ruins.
Analyzing VISUALS
World
War II
407,000
Civil War
620,000
*approximate figures
Sources: United States Civil War Center;
For the Common Defense
1. Identifying The Civil War cost
more American lives than any
other conflict. What were the next
two most deadly wars?
2. Specifying Which region suffered
the highest number of battlerelated deaths?
Grant Versus Lee
Sherman’s March to the Sea
“Whatever happens, there will be no turning back,” Grant promised Lincoln. He was
determined to march southward, attacking
Lee’s forces relentlessly, regardless of the cost,
until the South surrendered.
Grant kept his forces on the move and gave
Lee’s troops no time to recover. He attacked
them first in the Wilderness, a densely forested
area near Fredericksburg, Virginia, then at
Spotsylvania Courthouse, then at Cold Harbor,
a strategic crossroads northeast of Richmond.
He then put the town of Petersburg under
siege knowing that once it fell, Richmond,
Virginia, would be cut off from supplies.
General Grant had put his most trusted
subordinate, William Tecumseh Sherman, in
charge of Union operations in the west while
he headed east to fight Lee. In early August
1864, Sherman marched into Georgia, heading
toward the city of Atlanta. After capturing the
city, Sherman’s troops set fires to destroy its
railroads, warehouses, mills, and factories. The
fires spread, however, destroying more than
one-third of Atlanta.
On November 15, 1864, Sherman led his
troops east across Georgia in what became
known as the March to the Sea. The purpose
of the march was to make Southern civilians
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Activity: Interdisciplinary Connection
Art Although Mathew Brady revolutionized
the artistic documentation of the Civil War
through his photography, many artists of the
time captured this historic era through fine art.
For example, Winslow Homer’s paintings Veteran
in a New Field and Prisoners from the Front were
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completed from sketches he drew from the
field. Have students research a painting that
stirs up personal feelings about the Civil War.
Then, ask students to present and explain the
painting to the class. OL BL ELL
D
understand the horrors of war and to pressure them into giving
up the struggle. Sherman’s troops cut a path of destruction
through Georgia that was at times 60 miles (97 km) wide. By
December 21, 1864, they had reached the coast and seized the
city of Savannah. Sherman now turned north and headed into
South Carolina, the state that many people believed had started
the Civil War.
The South Surrenders
The capture of Atlanta revitalized Northern support for the
war and for Lincoln, who was elected president to another term.
Lincoln interpreted his reelection as a mandate to end slavery
permanently by amending the Constitution. On January 31, 1865,
with the help of Democrats opposed to slavery, the Thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, banning slavery in the United
States, passed the House of Representatives and was sent to the
states for ratification.
Appomattox Courthouse Meanwhile, Lee knew that time
was running out. On April 1, 1865, Union troops led by Philip
Sheridan cut the last rail line into Petersburg at the Battle of Five
Forks. The following night, Lee’s troops withdrew from their
positions near the city and raced west.
Lee’s desperate attempt to escape Grant’s forces failed when
Sheridan’s cavalry got ahead of Lee’s troops and blocked the
road at Appomattox Courthouse. With his ragged and battered
troops surrounded and outnumbered, Lee surrendered to Grant
on April 9, 1865. Grant’s generous terms of surrender guaranteed that the United States would not prosecute Confederate
soldiers for treason. When Grant agreed to let Confederates take
their horses home “to put in a crop to carry themselves and their
families through the next winter,” Lee thanked him, adding that
the kindness would “do much toward conciliating our people.”
Lincoln’s Assassination With the war over, Lincoln delivered a
C
speech describing his plan to restore the Southern states to the
Union. In the speech, he mentioned including African Americans in
Southern state governments. One listener, actor John Wilkes Booth,
sneered to a friend,“That is the last speech he will ever make.”
Although his advisers had repeatedly warned him not to
appear unescorted in public, Lincoln went to Ford’s Theater with
his wife to see a play on the evening of April 14, 1865. Just after
10 P.M., Booth slipped quietly behind the president and shot him
in the back of the head. Lincoln died the next morning.
The North’s victory in the Civil War saved the Union and
strengthened the power of the federal government over the
states. It transformed American society by ending slavery, but it
also left the South socially and economically devastated, and
many questions unresolved. Americans from the North and the
South tried to answer these questions in the years following the
Civil War—an era known as Reconstruction.
Examining Why did General Sherman march his army
to the sea?
Section 2 REVIEW
Vocabulary
1. Explain the significance of: “Stonewall”
Jackson, blockade runner, Ulysses S. Grant,
Battle of Antietam, Emancipation
Proclamation, siege, Gettysburg, William
Tecumseh Sherman, mandate, Thirteenth
Amendment.
Main Ideas
2. Identifying Central Issues What was
the significance of the Battle of Antietam
for the South?
3. Explaining Why was capturing
Vicksburg important to the Union?
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Evaluating Have students
search the Web for articles about
Abraham Lincoln. Ask students to
print out the home page of each
site and write a brief explanation
of whether or not they rate the
site as authoritative. OL
Answer:
Sherman wanted to make
Southern civilians understand
the horrors of war and pressure
them into surrendering.
Critical Thinking
4. Big Ideas How did northern military
strategy change after Ulysses S. Grant
took command of the Union Army.
5. Organizing Using a graphic organizer,
list the results of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Make sure that you consider both the
Union and the Confederacy.
Assess
Battle of
Gettysburg
6. Analyzing Visuals Examine the graphs
of war deaths on page 136. What would
account for the thousands of noncombat
deaths?
Writing About History
7. Descriptive Writing Take on the role
of a reporter living in Georgia during
Sherman’s March to the Sea. Write a brief
article describing the Union’s actions and
their effects on the people.
Study Central™ provides
summaries, interactive games,
and online graphic organizers to
help students review content.
Close
Explaining Ask students to
explain the importance of Union
victories in Virginia and the Deep
South. OL
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to glencoe.com and click on Study Central.
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Answers
1. All definitions can be found in the section
and the Glossary.
2. It kept Great Britain from joining the
Confederacy when it was poised to do so,
and led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
3. It cut the South in two by giving the Union
control of the Mississippi River.
4. It became focused on relentlessly attacking
the Confederate troops and making life very
difficult for Southern civilians.
5. strengthened Republicans politically, very
high casualties, put Confederacy on the
defensive, ended the South’s hope for help
from Britain
6. disease spread rapidly in military camps
leading to death from disease, conditions
were difficult for civilians too
7. Students’ articles will vary, but should be
based on facts, not on the writer’s opinion.
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Town of
Gettysburg
Focus
Culp’s Hill
Thirty years after the war ended,
Congress made Gettysburg a
National Military Park in tribute to
the armies that fought there. Each
summer, historical reenactors
have recreated the battle. Today
National Park Service rangers also
provide information to visitors.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Teach
How Did Geography Shape the Battle?
The Confederate invasion of the North in 1863 was a bold
stroke. By moving north, General Robert E. Lee gained
access to the rich farms and other resources of
Pennsylvania. When his troops arrived in Gettysburg on
July 1, they forced Union troops to flee to the hills south
of the town. Had Confederate forces attacked the Union
troops in the hills immediately, they might have won. The
decision not to attack enabled Union troops to reinforce
their position and build a formidable defensive line.
C Critical Thinking
Comparing and Contrasting
Tell students that the Union and
Confederate armies were similar
in many ways. For example, both
armies used similar weapons.
Have students use the library or
Internet resources to identify
other ways in which the two
armies were alike and different.
You may recommend the National
Park Service Web site as a starting
point for their research. OL
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The Union line stretched from Culp’s Hill and Cemetery
Hill in the north, south along Cemetery Ridge to another
hill called Little Round Top. The Union forces controlled
the high ground and were deployed in such a way that
troops could easily be moved from one part of the line to
another depending on where the enemy attacked.
On July 2, Lee tried to seize Little Round Top.
Controlling the hill would have let his artillery fire down
the length of the Union line. After savage fighting, his
attack was repulsed, but Lee believed the Union had
shifted so many troops south to hold Little Round Top that
it had left its line on Cemetery Ridge vulnerable to attack.
On July 3, Lee ordered some 12,500 troops to attack
Cemetery Ridge in what became known as Pickett’s
Charge. Union artillery ripped holes in the Confederate
line as it advanced. When the Confederates neared the
crest of the ridge, Union troops, protected by trenches and
barricades they had built, unleashed volley after volley.
Firing at point-blank rage, stabbing with bayonets, and
battering with rifle butts, the Union soldiers drove the
Confederates back. Lee knew he had been beaten. The
next day he began his retreat to Virginia.
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Analyzing GEOGRAPHY
1. Place Why was the Union army in such a strong
position in the Battle of Gettysburg?
Additional
Support
2. Movement What made Pickett’s charge so difficult? Why did Lee think it would succeed?
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Extending the Content
The Hero of Little Round Top The extreme
left flank of the Union lines at Gettysburg—a hill
called Little Round Top—was commanded by
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a college professor who had taken leave from teaching to fight in the war. Chamberlain knew that if
the Confederates took Little Round Top, they
would have a view of the whole Union line.
Although greatly outnumbered, Chamberlain’s
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forces withstood numerous attacks. Finally,
Chamberlain led his troops in a bayonet charge
that drove the Confederates from the field.
Chamberlain received the Medal of Honor for
his bravery at Gettysburg.
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men to attack Cemetery Ridge. The
Confederates marched three-quarters of a
mile across open fields and then uphill
toward Union lines. Although the attack is
known as Pickett’s Charge, General Pickett’s
troops made up only about one-third of the
Confederate force that attacked.
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Little Round Top
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Peach Orchard
On July 2, Lee ordered Longstreet to attack
the Union lines near the hill named Little
Round Top. Savage fighting erupted in the
Peach Orchard, on the slopes of Little
Round Top, and near a jumble of boulders
called the Devil’s Den. The Union forces
held Little Round Top and drove back the
Confederates.
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Answers:
1. The Union army controlled
high ground, allowing them
to fire down on Confederate
troops, and they could move
troops easily from one part of
the line to another.
2. Pickett’s Charge was difficult
because the Union troops
were protected by barricades
and trenches and could fire at
the Confederate soldiers as
they advanced. Lee believed
it would succeed because he
thought the Union army had
shifted most of the troops to
hold Little Round Top, leaving
Cemetery Ridge vulnerable.
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Activity: Collaborative Learning
Newspaper Page Organize the class into
groups to create a newspaper page highlighting the details from the Battle of Gettysburg.
Have each group choose whether to describe
the Northern or Southern view of the battle.
Have students research the Battle of Gettysburg
using their book, the Internet, and other sources.
Groups should illustrate their newspaper page
with drawings depicting a scene from the battle.
Have each group compose its newspaper page
on a computer using desktop publishing
software.
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Teacher Tip: Tell the students to look at the illustration
and its caption and then choose the most appropriate
answer.
Making Inferences
FREEDMEN’S BUREAU 1865–1872
Directions: Answer the following
question based on the illustration.
The aim of the Freedmen’s
Bureau was to provide
assistance to newly emancipated African Americans
and to poor whites after the
Civil War. Which of the
Freedmen’s Bureau’s
responsibilities would be
most important to the
people shown in the
illustration?
A regulation of wages and
working conditions
B establishment and maintenance of schools
C the furnishing of food and
Newly freed African Americans line up for rations at a
Freedmen’s Bureau in the South.
medical supplies
D control and distribution of
confiscated lands
Guide to Reading
Answers:
black codes: severely limited
rights of African Americans in the
South; Civil Rights Act of 1866:
allowed African Americans to own
property and stated that they
were to be treated equally in
court; Fourteenth Amendment:
guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the laws; Fifteenth
Amendment: guaranteed the
right to vote to all adult male
citizens.
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Guide to Reading
Big Ideas
Economics and Society After
Reconstruction, the South tried to build
a new economy, but many problems
remained.
Content Vocabulary
• amnesty (p. 140)
• pocket veto (p. 142)
• black codes (p. 143)
• carpetbagger (p. 145)
• scalawag (p. 145)
• sharecropper (p. 149)
What were the terms of the peace treaty, and who benefited? Read on to
learn about President Lincoln’s policies after Union victory in the Civil War.
Reading Strategy
Organizing Complete a graphic organizer similar to the one below to explain
how each piece of legislation listed
affected African Americans.
Effect
black codes
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
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Strategies
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Reconstruction Begins
HISTORY AND YOU Think of a war you have studied in a history course.
People and Events to Identify
• Reconstruction (p. 140)
• Radical Republicans (p. 140)
• Freedmen’s Bureau (p. 142)
• Fourteenth Amendment (p. 143)
• Fifteenth Amendment (p. 145)
• Compromise of 1877 (p. 148)
To generate student interest and
provide a springboard for class
discussion, access the Chapter 3,
Section 3 video at glencoe.com or
on the video DVD.
resident Lincoln, moderate Republicans, and
Radical Republicans had different ideas about how
to rebuild the South and to secure the rights of African
Americans. As Democrats regained power in the South,
Reconstruction ended.
MAIN Idea In the months after the Civil War, the nation began the effort
to rebuild and reunite.
Academic Vocabulary
• commissioner (p. 145)
• infrastructure (p. 147)
Legislation
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Spotlight Video
Reconstruction
Bellringer
Chapter 3
Section Audio
Helping freed African Americans find their way as citizens of the
United States was only one of a myriad of problems the nation faced.
At the end of the Civil War, the South was a defeated region with a
devastated economy. While some Southerners were bitter over the
Union military victory, for many rebuilding their land and their lives
was more important. Meanwhile, the president and Congress grappled with the difficult task of Reconstruction, or rebuilding the
nation after the war.
Lincoln and the Radical Republicans
In December 1863, President Lincoln offered a general amnesty,
or pardon, to all Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the
United States and accepted the Union’s proclamations concerning
slavery. When 10 percent of a state’s voters in the 1860 presidential
election had taken this oath, they could organize a new state government. Certain people, such as Confederate government officials and
military officers, could not take the oath or be pardoned. In March
1865, in his Second Inaugural Address, President Lincoln spoke of
ending the war “with malice toward none, with charity for all.”
Therefore, President Lincoln wanted a moderate plan to reconcile the
South with the Union instead of punishing it for treason.
Resistance to Lincoln’s plan surfaced at once among a group of
Republicans in Congress known as Radical Republicans. Led by
Representative Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and Senator
Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, the radicals wanted to prevent the
leaders of the Confederacy from returning to power after the war.
They also wanted the Republican Party to become a powerful institution in the South. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, they wanted
the federal government to help African Americans achieve political
equality by guaranteeing their right to vote in the South.
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Teacher Edition
Teacher Edition
Teacher Edition
• Organizing, p. 141
• Questioning, p. 145
• Academic Vocabulary,
p. 147
• Analyzing Information,
p. 143
• Predicting
Consequences, p. 144
• Visual/Spatial, p. 143
• Gifted/Talented, p. 146
• Verbal/Linguistic, p. 148
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
• Persuasive Writing, p. 141 • Sequencing Information,
• Expository Writing,
pp. 144, 148
p. 142
• Evaluating, p. 145
• Conduct. Research,
Additional Resources
p. 146
• Content Voc. Act., URB
• Drawing Concl.,
p. 91
pp. 147, 149
• Academic Voc. Act., URB
Additional Resources
p. 93
• Time Line Act., URB p. 97
• Reteacing Act., URB
p. 107
• RENTG, p. 31
• Prim. Source Read., URB • Crit. Think. Skills Act.,
p. 101
URB p. 96
• Guide. Read. Act., URB
• Quizzes/Tests, p. 31
p. 114
Additional Resources
• Interpreting Political
Cartoons, URB p. 105
Teacher Edition
• Passed the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth
Amendments
• Military Reconstruction
Act divided the South
into five military
districts
• New state constitutions
required to guarantee ▲ Thaddeus
Stevens
voting rights
• Military rule protected voting
rights for African Americans
• Empowered African
Americans in government
and supported their
education
After the Civil War, three plans were proposed to
restore the South to the Union. The political struggle
that resulted revealed that sectional tensions had
not ended with the Civil War.
1. Lincoln’s Plan for
Reconstruction
▲
• Amnesty to all but a few
Southerners who took
an oath of loyalty to the
United States and
accepted its proclamations concerning slavery
• When 10 percent of a
state’s voters in the
1860 presidential election had taken the oath,
they could organize a new state government
• Members of the former Confederate government,
officers of the Confederate army, and former federal
judges, members of Congress, and military officers
who had left their posts to help the Confederacy
would not receive amnesty
Section 3
Teach
W Writing Support
Persuasive Writing Have students assume the role of a former
Confederate officer and write a
letter to the president requesting
a pardon. Remind students that
those receiving amnesty must
sign a loyalty oath. OL
Charles Sumner
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Organizing Have students
3. Johnson’s Plan
for Reconstruction
• Amnesty for those taking an
oath of loyalty to the United
States; excluded high-ranking
Confederates and those with
property over $20,000, but
they could apply for pardons
individually
• Required states to ratify the
Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery
Analyzing VISUALS
1. Identifying Which plan made the most provisions
for formerly enslaved African Americans?
2. Specifying Which plan was most forgiving of
former Confederate political and military leaders?
Congressional Republicans knew that the
abolition of slavery would give the South more
seats in the House of Representatives. Before
the Civil War, enslaved people had only counted
in Congress as three-fifths of a free person.
Now that African Americans were free, the
South was entitled to more seats in Congress.
This would endanger Republican control of
Congress unless Republicans could find a way
to protect African American voting rights in
the South.
Although the radicals knew that giving
African Americans in the South the right to
vote would help the Republican Party win
elections, most were not acting cynically. Many
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Three Plans for Reconstruction
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of them had been abolitionists before the Civil
War and had pushed Lincoln into making
emancipation a goal of the war. They believed
in a right to political equality for all Americans,
regardless of their race.
The Wade-Davis Bill
Analyzing VISUALS
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Many moderate Republicans considered
Lincoln too lenient, but they also thought the
radicals were going too far in their support for
African American equality and voting rights.
By the summer of 1864, the moderates and
radicals had come up with a plan for
Reconstruction that they could both support.
Chapter 3
complete a two-column chart listing the components of Lincoln’s
plan for Reconstruction and the
Wade-Davis Bill. Ask: What
points make the Wade-Davis Bill
harsher than Lincoln’s plan? (The
Wade-Davis Bill forbade all former
Confederate government officials
and military officers to vote or hold
office and required the majority of
white males to pledge allegiance to
the Union.) OL
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Answers:
1. Congress’s plan
2. Johnson’s plan
Hands-On
Chapter Project
Step 3
Art Show on the Civil War
and Reconstruction
Question: How should the images best
be presented to illustrate the Civil War and
Reconstruction?
by date of the artwork, by the artists, or
by a perceived theme in the images.
Another task is to review the informational
tags that will accompany the images.
Will the tags give the audience enough
information to understand the Civil War and
Reconstruction?
Directions The final job is to hang the
show, but this requires decisions about the
best order in which to present the images
for the audience. Students may choose to
hang the images by chronological order,
Putting It Together If there is space for
the show to actually be hung, getting the
materials to hang it is the last step. Students
from other classes might view it and review
it. OL
Step 3: Hanging the Show Essential
(Chapter Project is continued on Visual Summary
page)
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This alternative to Lincoln’s plan was the
Wade-Davis Bill of 1864, which required the
majority of the adult white males in a former
Confederate state to take an oath of allegiance
to the Union. The state could then hold a constitutional convention to create a new state
government. The people chosen to attend the
constitutional convention had to take an “ironclad” oath asserting that they had never fought
against the Union or supported the Confederacy
in any way. Each state’s convention would then
have to abolish slavery, reject all debts the state
had acquired as part of the Confederacy, and
deprive all former Confederate government
officials and military officers of the right to
vote or hold office.
Although Congress passed the Wade-Davis
Bill, Lincoln blocked it with a pocket veto.
Although Lincoln sympathized with some of
the radicals’ goals, he believed that imposing a
harsh peace would only alienate many whites
in the South.
W Writing Support
Expository Writing Andrew
Johnson had been vice president
for less than six weeks when
President Lincoln was assassinated. He then faced the formidable challenge of reuniting the
nation. Inform students that
Johnson had no formal schooling
and remained unable to read well
or write until he was almost 20. In
pairs, have students research
Johnson’s background and write a
personality profile that tries to
explain how his early life was
reflected in his plans for
Reconstruction. OL
The Freedmen’s Bureau
Student Web
Activity Visit
glencoe.com
and complete the
activity on Southern
Reconstruction.
Answer:
The Fourteenth Amendment
expanded federal power over the
states; its equal protection clause
has been used to extend civil
rights.
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Support
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Lincoln realized that the South was already
in chaos, with thousands unemployed, homeless, and hungry. At the same time, the victorious Union armies had to try to help the large
numbers of African Americans who flocked to
Union lines as the war progressed. As Sherman
marched through Georgia and South Carolina,
thousands of freed African Americans—now
known as freedmen—began following his
troops seeking food and shelter.
In March 1865, Congress established the
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned
Lands, better known as the Freedmen’s
Bureau. The Bureau was directed to feeding
and clothing war refugees in the South using
surplus army supplies. Beginning in September
1865, it issued nearly 30,000 rations a day for
the next year.
The Bureau helped formerly enslaved people find work on plantations and negotiated
labor contracts with planters. Many Northerners
argued that people who had been enslaved
should receive land to support themselves now
that they were free. To others, however, taking
land from plantation owners and giving it to
freedmen seemed to violate the nation’s commitment to individual property rights. As a
result, Congress refused to confirm the right of
African Americans to own the lands that had
been seized from plantation owners and given
to them.
Johnson Takes Office
Shortly after Congress established the
Freedmen’s Bureau, Lincoln was assassinated.
Although his successor, Vice President Andrew
Johnson, was a Democrat from Tennessee, he
had remained loyal to the Union. Like Lincoln,
he believed in a moderate policy to bring the
South back into the Union.
In the summer of 1865, with Congress in
recess, Johnson began implementing his
reconstruction plan. He offered to pardon all
former citizens of the Confederacy who took
an oath of loyalty to the Union and to return
their property. He excluded from the pardon
the same people Lincoln had excluded. Like
Lincoln, Johnson required Southern states to
ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
The former Confederate states, for the most
part, met Johnson’s conditions. They then
organized new governments and held elections. By the time Congress gathered for its
next session in December 1865, Johnson’s
plan was well underway. Many members of
The Fourteenth
Amendment
The passage of the Fourteenth Amendment was
a turning point in American political and legal history. Since its ratification, the amendment has
been used to expand federal power over the states
and to extend civil rights through its equal protection clause. It also provided the foundation for the
doctrine of incorporation—the concept that the
rights and protections in the Bill of Rights apply to
the states. This doctrine was first upheld by the
Supreme Court in Gitlow v. New York in 1925. In
the 1950s and 1960s, the Warren Court used the
clause extensively to extend civil rights in cases
such as Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v.
Wainwright, and Reynolds v. Sims, among others.
ANALYZING HISTORY What is significant
about the ratification of the Fourteenth
Amendment? Write a brief essay to explain
your answer.
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Turning Point
Additional Background The Fourteenth Amendment was formally proposed
on June 13, 1866. By July 1868, enough had
ratified it for the amendment to be added
to the Constitution. Other states continued
to ratify it, however, for many years to come.
On March 18, 1976, Kentucky ratified the
amendment, 109 years after first rejecting
it. Ohio’s position on the amendment long
remained open to legal questions. The Ohio
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General Assembly ratified the amendment
in 1867; after an intervening election, a
new legislature voted to rescind approval
in 1868. To settle the issue, the Ohio
General Assembly again voted to ratify
the Fourteenth Amendment in 2003. Ask:
What are the three main provisions of the
Fourteenth Amendment? (1. grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in
the United States; 2. forbids states from depriv-
ing persons of life, liberty, or property without
due process of law; 3. ensures equal protection of the laws)
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Chapter 3 •
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Visual/Spatial Have students
research the harsh restrictions
placed on African Americans by
the black codes. Then ask students to work in pairs, using their
research to create a political cartoon that expresses their reaction
to these laws. Encourage students
to share their cartoons with the
class and have others interpret
their meaning. OL ELL
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Analyzing Information As
Clarence
Gideon
The Fourteenth Amendment
▲
“No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of citizens of the United
States; nor shall any State deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws.”
Ernesto
Miranda
▲ In 1964, in Reynolds v. Sims, the Court
used the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal
protection clause to ensure that state
voting districts were of equal size.
▲ Benjamin Gitlow
students read this section, remind
them that one goal of the Radical
Republicans was equal citizenship
for African Americans. Ask: Why
do you think Radical Republicans
had difficulty putting equal
citizenship into effect during
Reconstruction? (Even some government leaders in the North were
not in favor of granting full equality
to freed African Americans.) OL
▲ In two major cases, Gideon v.
Wainwright in 1963 and Miranda
v. Arizona in 1966, the Court
clarified that the Fifth and Sixth
Amendments of the Bill of Rights
had to be upheld by the states.
▲
In 1925, in Gitlow
v. New York, the
Supreme Court
began using the
Fourteenth
Amendment to apply
the Bill of Rights to
the states. In this
case, it held that
state laws had
to protect free
speech.
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With the election of former Confederates to
office and the introduction of the black codes,
more and more moderate Republicans joined
the radicals. Finally, in late 1865, House and
Senate leaders created a Joint Committee on
Reconstruction to develop their own program
for rebuilding the Union.
The Fourteenth Amendment In March
1866, congressional Reconstruction began with
the passage of an act intended to override the
black codes. The Civil Rights Act of 1866
granted citizenship to all persons born in the
United States except for Native Americans.
The act guaranteed the rights of African
Americans to own property and stated that
they were to be treated equally in court. It also
gave the federal government the power to sue
people who violated those rights. Johnson
vetoed the act, arguing it was unconstitutional
and would “[cause] discord among the races.”
The veto convinced the remaining moderate
Republicans to join the radicals in overriding
Johnson’s veto, and the act became law.
Fearing that the Civil Rights Act might later
be overturned in court, however, the radicals
introduced the Fourteenth Amendment to
the Constitution. This amendment granted
citizenship to all persons born or naturalized
in the United States and declared that no state
could deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property “without due process of law.” It also
declared that no state could deny any person
“equal protection of the laws.” In 1868, the
amendment was ratified.
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D
Congress were astonished and angered when
they realized that Southern voters had elected
dozens of Confederate leaders to Congress.
Moderate Republicans joined with the Radical
Republicans and voted to reject the new
Southern members of Congress.
Congressional Republicans were also angry
that the new Southern legislatures had passed
laws, known as black codes, which seemed to
be intended to keep African Americans in a
condition similar to slavery. They required
African Americans to enter into annual labor
contracts. Those who did not could be arrested
for vagrancy and forced into involuntary servitude. Several codes established specific hours
of labor and also required them to get licenses
to work in nonagricultural jobs.
In 1954 the Supreme Court based its
decision ending school segregation,
Brown v. Board of Education, on the
Fourteenth Amendment’s equal
protection clause.
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Understanding the Fourteenth
Amendment Divide the class into three
groups. Have each group research a
Supreme Court case based on the
Fourteenth Amendment. They may use one
of the cases mentioned on this page or any
other case they find. Students will assume
the role of attorneys arguing the case before
the Court—in this case, the rest of the class.
One member of the group should present a
brief background of the case. The rest of the
group should be divided into two teams—
one for each side of the argument. Each of
the members should present one point for
or against the plaintiff’s case. After the presentations, the class should render a decision for each case. OL
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Chapter 3 •
Section 3
S Skill Practice
Sequencing Information
Have students use library and
Internet resources to research
the presidency of Andrew
Johnson. Then write the title
“Reconstruction During Andrew
Johnson’s Presidency” on the
board and draw a time line that
begins with 1865 and ends with
1868. Call on volunteers to come
to the board and enter the major
events that occurred during these
years. Ask students to use information on the time line to write
a chronological summary of
Reconstruction up to the presidential election of 1868. OL BL
Military Reconstruction, 1867
What Are the Provisions of the
Reconstruction Amendments?
The 13th Amendment (1865)
• Slavery is illegal.
The 14th Amendment (1868)
• All people born or naturalized in the United
States are citizens.
• The states may not deny anyone the equal protection of the laws.
New Mexico
• Leaders of the Confederacy
cannot serve in the
Territory
U.S. government or military without a two-thirds
vote by Congress.
The 15th Amendment (1870)
• The rights of citizens to vote shall not be denied
on account of race, color, or previous condition
of servitude.
Pa.
Military Districts and Commanders
1
2
3
4
5
1868
General John Schofield
General Daniel Sickles
General John Pope
General Edward Ord
General Philip Sheridan
Date of readmission to Union
Ohio
Ill. Indiana
Kentucky
1
West
Virginia Virginia
1870
North Carolina
1868
Tennessee 1866
Indian
Territory
(not part of a
military district)
Arkansas
1868
4
Mississippi
1870
Texas
1870
5
Alabama
1868
2
South
Carolina
1868
3
Georgia
ATLANTIC
1870
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Louisiana
1868
MEXICO
N.J.
Md. Del.
30°N
N
Florida
1868
Gulf of
Mexico
90°W
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Analyzing GEOGRAPHY
0
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300 kilometers
300 miles
Albers Equal-Area projection
1. Location Which former Confederate state was not part
of a military district?
E
W
80°W
2. Movement How many years after the war ended was
the last Southern state readmitted to the United States?
See StudentWorksTM Plus or
glencoe.com.
C Critical Thinking
Predicting Consequences
Write the phrase “Military Reconstruction” on the board. Ask students to predict the response of
people living in the former Confederate states to being placed
under the charge of a Union
general. (anger or resentment at
living under Northern control) OL
S
Analyzing GEOGRAPHY
President Johnson attacked the Fourteenth
Amendment and made it the major issue of
the 1866 congressional elections. He hoped
Northerners would vote out the Radical
Republicans and elect representatives who
supported his plan for Reconstruction. Instead,
the Republicans won approximately a threeto-one majority in Congress. They now could
override any presidential veto and could claim
that they had a mandate, or command, to enact
their own Reconstruction program in place of
Johnson’s plan.
Military Reconstruction Begins In March
1. Tennessee
2. 5 years
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1867, Congress passed the Military Reconstruction Act, which essentially nullified
Johnson’s programs. The act divided the former
Confederacy, except for Tennessee—which had
ratified the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866—
into five military districts. A Union general was
placed in charge of each district with orders
to maintain peace and “protect the rights of
persons and property.”
In the meantime, each former Confederate
state had to hold another constitutional convention to design a constitution acceptable to
Congress. The new state constitutions had to
give the right to vote to all adult male citizens,
regardless of race. Each state also had to ratify
the Fourteenth Amendment before it would be
allowed to elect people to Congress.
Johnson’s Impeachment Republicans
knew that they had the votes to override presidential vetoes, but they also knew that
President Johnson could still refuse to enforce
the laws they passed. To restrict Johnson,
Congress passed two new laws: the Command
of the Army Act and the Tenure of Office Act.
The Command of the Army Act required all
orders from the president to go through the
headquarters of the General of the Army. This
Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Extending the Content
Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment introduces the word “male” into the Constitution for
the first time. Although many woman suffragists also supported civil rights for African
Americans, the Fourteenth Amendment caused
a split in the women’s movement between those
who supported ratification despite the exclusion of women and those who opposed ratification of an amendment that enshrined gender
discrimination in the Constitution.
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was the headquarters of General Grant, whom
the Republicans trusted. The Tenure of Office
Act required the Senate to approve the removal
of any official whose appointment had required
the Senate’s consent.
In order to challenge the Tenure of Office
Act, Johnson fired Secretary of War Edwin
M. Stanton, who supported the Radical
Republicans. Three days later, the House of
Representatives voted to impeach Johnson,
meaning that they charged him with “high
crimes and misdemeanors” in office. They
accused Johnson of breaking the law by refusing to uphold the Tenure of Office Act.
As provided in the Constitution, the Senate
then put the president on trial. If two-thirds of
the senators found the president guilty of the
charges, he would be removed from office. In
May 1868, the Senate voted 35 to 19 that
Johnson was guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. This was just one vote short of the
votes needed for conviction.
Although Johnson remained in office, he
finished his term quietly and did not run for
election in 1868. That year, the Republicans
nominated Ulysses S. Grant. During the campaign, Union troops in the South enabled
African Americans to vote in large numbers.
As a result, Grant won six Southern states and
most Northern states. The Republicans also
retained large majorities in Congress.
The Fifteenth Amendment With their
majority secure, and a trusted president in
office, congressional Republicans moved rapidly to expand their Reconstruction program.
Recognizing the importance of African
American suffrage, Congress passed the
Fifteenth Amendment. This amendment
declared that the right to vote “shall not be
denied . . . on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.” By March 1870, the
amendment had been ratified.
Radical Reconstruction had a dramatic
impact on the South, particularly in the short
term. It brought hundreds of thousands of
African Americans into the political process for
the first time. It also began to change Southern
society. As it did so, it angered many white
Southerners, who began to fight back against
the federal government’s policies.
Analyzing Why did congressional
Republicans pass amendments to the Constitution?
Chapter 3 •
Republican Rule
MAIN Idea As African Americans entered politics, some white Southerners began to resist
Republican reforms.
HISTORY AND YOU Have you heard of recent
activities of the Ku Klux Klan? Read on to find out
when and why the KKK was founded.
R
By late 1870, all former Confederate states
had rejoined the Union. With many issues
unresolved, reunification did little to restore
harmony between the North and South.
Carpetbags and Scalawags
During Reconstruction, a large number of
S Northerners traveled to the South. Many were
eventually elected or appointed to positions in
the new state governments. Southerners,
particularly supporters of the Democratic
Party, called these newcomers carpetbaggers
because some arrived with their belongings
in suitcases made of carpet fabric. Local
residents saw them as intruders seeking to
exploit the South for their own gain.
Some white Southerners did work with the
Republicans and supported Reconstruction.
Other Southerners called them scalawags—
an old Scots-Irish term for weak, underfed,
worthless animals. The scalawags were a
diverse group. Some were former Whigs who
had grudgingly joined the Democratic Party
before the war. Others were owners of small
farms who did not want the wealthy planters
to regain power. Some were business people
who favored Republican economic plans.
African Americans
Having gained the right to vote, African
American men entered into politics with
great enthusiasm. They served as legislators
and administrators for nearly all levels of
government. Hundreds served as delegates
to the conventions that created the new
state constitutions. They also won election to
many local offices, from mayor to police chief
to school commissioner. Dozens served in
the South’s state legislatures, 14 were elected
to the House of Representatives, and two,
Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce, were
elected to the Senate.
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Section 3
R Reading Strategy
Questioning Only Andrew
Johnson and Bill Clinton have
been impeached. Ask: For what
offenses do you think a president should be impeached?
(Answers will vary, but may include
breaking the law, treason, and
other reasonable answers.) OL
S Skill Practice
Evaluating Organize students
into several small groups. Ask:
If you had been a member of
the House of Representatives in
1868, would you have voted for
or against the impeachment of
Johnson? Why? (Answers will
vary.) After groups discuss the
issue, call on representatives to
present their responses.
Answer:
to make former slaves citizens of
the United States with equal
rights, to give voting rights to
African American men, who were
more likely to vote Republican
and would help the Republicans
control Congress
Additional
Support
Activity: Collaborative Learning
Analyzing Primary Sources In groups,
have students read the following excerpt
from a letter written by Jourdon Anderson
(who had escaped slavery) in response to
an invitation to work for his former slaveholder after the Civil War:
“Sir: . . . . I want to know particularly what
the good chance is you propose to give me.
I am doing tolerably well here [in Dayton,
Ohio]. I get twenty-five dollars a month,
with victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy,—the folks call her
Mrs. Anderson,—and the children . . . go to
school and are learning well. . . . [W]e have
decided to test your sincerity by asking you
to send us our wages for the time we served
you. . . . Add to this the interest for the time
our wages have been kept back, and deduct
what you paid for our clothing . . . and the
balance will show what we are in justice
entitled to. . . .
Say howdy to George Carter, and thank
him for taking the pistol from you when you
were shooting at me.” (See URB pp. 101–102
for a longer excerpt from the letter.) Ask:
What aspects of freedom does Anderson
most value? (economic independence, being
treated with respect, education for his
children)
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Chapter 3 •
Section 3
African Americans Enter Politics
S Skill Practice
Conducting Research Have
students research and then write a
short profile of one of the African
Americans who served in Congress
during Reconstruction. Encourage
students to use library and Internet
resources to conduct their research.
Reconstruction provided African Americans with new opportunities
to participate in politics. Many took part in the state constitutional
conventions and were elected to state legislatures—achieving a
majority in South Carolina’s state assembly—and to local offices.
D Differentiated
Instruction
▲ This drawing from 1867 depicts the primary groups
that became political leaders of the South’s African
American community—artisans (shown with tools),
the middle class, and Union soldiers.
Gifted and Talented Invite
interested students to use historical statistical abstracts to find data
on African American enrollment in
schools from 1860 to 1900. Have
students report on what they find
and present the information in a
bar or line graph. Display the
graphs in the classroom. AL
Analyzing VISUALS
Answers:
1. Under slavery, they had had
no power to control their own
lives. Voting and holding public office gave them political
power.
2. They are seated on the sidelines, not among the men at
the table, indicating their status as nonvoters and their
lack of political power.
Additional
Support
▲ This sketch from 1868 shows African Americans campaigning.
African Americans were excited to participate in politics. The
sketch shows women and children as well, suggesting that the
entire community regarded political issues as important, even
though only adult males could vote.
Analyzing VISUALS
1. Identifying Central Issues Why do you think African
Americans were so enthusiastic about participating in politics?
2. Explaining What about the illustration above indicates the
political position of women?
S
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▲ The sketch above from the 1870s shows South
Carolina’s legislature—the only state legislature with
an African American majority during Reconstruction.
As formerly enslaved people entered
Southern politics, many white Southerners
claimed that “Black Republicanism” ruled the
South. Such claims were greatly exaggerated.
No African American ever served as governor.
In South Carolina, where African Americans
were a majority of the population, they did
gain control of the legislature, but it lasted for
only one term. African Americans participated
in government, but they did not control it.
Many African Americans wanted an education,
something they had been denied under slavery. As Reconstruction began, the Freedmen’s
Bureau, with the help of Northern charities,
established schools for African Americans
across the South. In the 1870s, Reconstruction
governments built a public school system in
the South, and by 1876 about 40 percent of all
African American children (roughly 600,000
students) attended school.
Formerly enslaved people across the South
also began building their own churches.
Churches frequently served as the center of
many African American communities, as they
housed schools and hosted social events and
political gatherings.
Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Extending the Content
Historically Black Colleges After the
Civil War, African American institutions of
higher education were established in
the South. These included Fisk University in
Tennessee and Atlanta University and
Morehouse College in Georgia. The institution that would become Howard University
was founded in 1867 in Washington, D.C.,
by a group of Congregationalists who
wanted to establish a seminary for African
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American ministers. Soon the idea
expanded to the creation of an entire university, named for one of the founders and
head of the Freedmen’s Bureau, General
Oliver Howard. Howard University quickly
expanded to include the first law school for
African Americans established in 1869. The
Hampton Institute was started in 1868 in
Virginia to teach African Americans a trade
or agricultural techniques. In 1881, after
Reconstruction, Spelman College—the first
college for African American women—and
the Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee
University,
were
founded. The
first teacher at Tuskegee was Booker T.
Washington, who later became an important African American leader.
D
Republican Reforms
R
Because of past disloyalty, some Southern
whites were barred from participating in the
new Southern governments, and many others
simply refused to do so. Republicans did have
the support of many poor white farmers, who
resented the planters and Democratic Party
that had dominated the South before the war.
This enabled a coalition of poor Southern-born
whites, African Americans, and Northern carpetbaggers to elect Republican candidates.
The Republican governments in the South
instituted a number of reforms. They repealed
the black codes, and established state hospitals
and institutions for orphans. To improve the
infrastructure, they rebuilt roads, railways,
and bridges damaged during the Civil War and
provided funds for the construction of new
railroads and industries in the South.
Many white Southerners scorned these
reforms, which did not come without cost.
Many state governments had to borrow money
and impose high property taxes to pay for the
repairs and new programs. Many landowners,
unable to pay these new taxes, lost their land.
Southern Resistance
Unable to strike openly at the Republicans
running their states, some Southern opponents of Reconstruction organized secret societies to undermine Republican rule. The largest
of these groups was the Ku Klux Klan. Started
in 1866 by former Confederate soldiers in
Pulaski, Tennessee, the Klan spread rapidly
throughout the South. Hooded, white-robed
Klan members rode in bands at night terrorizing African Americans, white Republicans, carpetbaggers, teachers in African American
schools, and others who supported the
Republican governments. Republicans and
African Americans responded by organizing
their own militias to fight back.
As the violence increased, Congress passed
three Enforcement Acts in 1870 and 1871, one
of which outlawed the activities of the Klan.
Although local authorities and federal agents
arrested more than 3,000 Klan members, only
about 600 were convicted, and fewer still served
any time in prison.
Explaining Why did only some
Southerners support Republican reforms?
Chapter 3 •
Reconstruction Ends
MAIN Idea Reconstruction ended as Democrats
regained power in the South and in Congress.
R Reading Strategy
HISTORY AND YOU What values and policies do
you associate with the Republican and Democratic
parties? Read to learn about the roles these parties
played during the Reconstruction period.
As commander of the Union forces, Ulysses
S. Grant had led the North to victory in
the Civil War. His reputation had then carried
him into the White House in the election of
1868. Unfortunately, Grant had little experience in politics. He believed that the president’s role was to carry out the laws and
leave the development of policy to Congress.
This approach pleased the Radical Republicans in Congress, but it left the president
weak and ineffective when dealing with other
issues. Eventually, Grant’s lack of political
experience helped to divide the Republican
Party and to undermine public support for
Reconstruction.
During his first term, Ulysses S. Grant
faced a growing number of Republicans
who were concerned that interests in making
money and selling influence were beginning to dominate the Republican Party. These
critics also argued that the economic policies
most Republicans supported, such as high
tariffs, favored the rich over the poor. In 1872,
these critics, known as Liberal Republicans,
split from the Republican Party and nominated their own candidate, the influential
newspaper publisher Horace Greeley. Despite
this split, Grant easily won reelection to a
second term.
During Grant’s second term, a series of
scandals damaged his reputation. In addition,
the nation endured a staggering and longlasting economic crisis that began during
Grant’s second term. After a powerful banking
firm declared bankruptcy, a wave of fear known
as the Panic of 1873 quickly spread through the
nation’s financial community. The panic soon
set off a full-fledged depression that lasted
until almost the end of the decade.
The scandals in the Grant administration
and the nation’s deepening economic depression hurt the Republicans politically. In the
1874 midterm elections, the Democrats won
back control of the House of Representatives
and made gains in the Senate.
Chapter 3
Section 3
Academic Vocabulary A prefix is a word part that comes
before a base word, or root, and
modifies the meaning of the
word. Discuss how knowing the
meaning of a prefix helps students decipher the meaning of
words such as infrastructure.
OL BL ELL
S Skill Practice
Drawing Conclusions Have
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students research Ulysses S.
Grant’s background. Ask: How
did Grant’s background improve
or deter his effectiveness as
president? (military experience:
leadership; lack of political experience: unable to gain backing for
programs, stop corruption, or
choose reliable cabinet members;
lack of financial background to deal
with the Panic of 1873.) OL
Answer:
Poor white farmers and African
Americans supported the
reforms; others opposed giving
rights to African Americans and
having to pay for programs.
Additional
Support
Activity: Collaborative Learning
Debating Show students an electoral
map of the 1876 presidential election,
including the states where the outcome
was in dispute. Inform students that the
Democrat, Samuel Tilden, won 51% of the
popular vote compared to 48% for
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes—but Tilden
lost the election. Remind students that
there is no provision in the U.S. Constitution
for popular election of the president; tech-
nically, citizens have no right under the
Constitution to cast a vote for president.
The Electoral College elects the president
and the manner for selecting electors in the
Electoral College is decided by individual
states. Divide the class into two teams and
ask them to do research on the Electoral
College. Then have them debate the topic
“The Electoral College Should Be Abolished.”
In making the assignment, mention the
concept of One Person, One Vote. OL AL
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Chapter 3 •
Section 3
Sharecropping in the South, 1880
The New South
The New South was a blend of the old and the
new. Industry began to develop, but agriculture
remained vital to the economy. By the 1890s,
the South was exporting more cotton, rice, and
tobacco than before the Civil War. Although
slavery had ended, many African Americans
were poor sharecroppers who harvested crops
for landowners.
D Differentiated
Instruction
Verbal Linguistic Help students review the section by speculating about the problems that 4
million enslaved people would
confront when they were suddenly set free but had no money,
housing, education, or jobs. BL
Percentage of sharecropped farms by county
34.2% to 81.0%
25.8% to 34.1%
19.6% to 25.7%
N.C.
Tenn.
S.C.
Miss.
Ala.
Ga.
ATLANTIC
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30°N
Tex.
La.
N
Florida
E
W
0
S
Va.
Ark.
Gulf of Mexico
MEXICO
Skill Practice
Sequencing Information
Del.
Ky.
Mo.
Indian
Terr.
N.J.
Md.
W.Va.
Kans.
40°N
Pa.
12.7% to 19.5% Ohio
0% to 12.6%Ind.
0
300 kilometers
300 miles
Albers Equal-Area projection
90°W
100°W
S
80°W
D
Have students reread the section
on the Compromise of 1877. Ask
them to create a list of the events
leading to the compromise. BL
Analyzing VISUALS
Answers:
1. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia
2. Possible answer: The South
still had fertile land, the
know-how to do it, and
African Americans who, while
technically free, were still
available and with sharecropping could be forced to farm
the land.
▲ The industry of the “New South” was still driven by
agricultural products, such as tobacco. The workers shown
above are processing tobacco in a Richmond tobacco factory
in 1899.
Analyzing VISUALS
1. Specifying In which three states was sharecropping
most common?
The Compromise of 1877
S
Additional
Support
▲ Sharecroppers harvest cotton in Georgia in 1898.
2. Explaining Why do you think the South’s economy
remained so dependent on agriculture after Reconstruction?
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The rising power of the Democrats in
Congress and Republican concerns over scandals made enforcing Reconstruction more difficult. At the same time, many Northerners
were becoming more concerned about the
economy than the situation in the South.
In the 1870s, Democrats began to regain
power in the South. They did so in part through
intimidation and fraud, and in part by defining
elections as a struggle between whites and
African Americans. They also won back support by promising to cut the high taxes the
Republicans had imposed and by accusing
S
Republicans of corruption. Southern Democrats
viewed their efforts to regain power as a crusade to help save the South from Republican
rule. By 1876, the Democrats had taken control
of all but three Southern state legislatures.
That year, the nation’s presidential election
pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, a former governor of Ohio, against Democrat
Samuel Tilden, a wealthy corporate lawyer and
former governor of New York. On Election Day,
twenty electoral votes were disputed. Nineteen
of the votes were in the three Southern states
controlled by Republicans. As a result, congressional leaders worked out a deal known as
the Compromise of 1877.
Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Activity: Economics Connection
Trends in the Labor Force Invite the economics teacher to describe the labor force and
how jobs are classified into agricultural, manufacturing, or service sector jobs. Ask students to
estimate what the trends in each category have
been from the Civil War to the present. Then,
have students use resources such as Historical
Statistics of the United States to research the
trends over time in the number of people
employed in agriculture, manufacturing, and
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the service sector. Help them create line charts
using the data to see if their estimations about
the trends were accurate. AL
Historians are not sure if a deal really took place or what its exact
terms were. The Compromise of 1877 reportedly included a promise
by the Republicans to pull federal troops out of the South, if Hayes
was elected, and that is in fact what happened within a month of
Hayes taking office. However, it is also true that the nation was
tired of the politics of Reconstruction and that Republican leaders
were ready to end Reconstruction. Indeed, President Grant had
pulled troops out of Florida even before Hayes took office.
Section 3 REVIEW
Vocabulary
1. Explain the significance of: Reconstruction,
amnesty, Radical Republicans, pocket veto,
Freedmen’s Bureau, black codes, Fourteenth
Amendment, Fifteenth Amendment, carpetbaggers, scalawags, Compromise of 1877,
sharecroppers.
A “New South” Arises
Many Southern leaders realized the South could never return
to the pre–Civil War agricultural economy dominated by the
planter elite. Instead, they called for the creation of a “New
South”—a phrase coined by Henry Grady, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution. They believed the region had to develop a strong
industrial economy.
An alliance between powerful white Southerners and Northern
financiers brought great economic changes to some parts of the
South. Northern capital helped to build railroads, and by 1890,
almost 40,000 miles of railroad track crisscrossed the South—nearly
four times the amount there in 1860. Southern industry also grew.
A thriving iron and steel industry developed around Birmingham,
Alabama. In North Carolina, tobacco processing became big business, and cotton mills appeared in numerous small towns.
In other ways, however, the South changed little. Despite its
industrial growth, the region remained agrarian. As late as 1900,
only 6 percent of the Southern labor force worked in manufacturing. For many African Americans in particular, the end of
Reconstruction meant a return to the “Old South,” where they
had little political power and were forced to labor under difficult
and unfair conditions.
The collapse of Reconstruction ended African American hopes
of being granted their own land in the South. Instead, many
returned to plantations owned by whites, where they either
worked for wages or became tenant farmers, paying rent for the
land they farmed. Most tenant farmers eventually became sharecroppers. Sharecroppers did not pay their rent in cash. Instead,
they paid a share of their crops—often as much as one-half to
two-thirds—to cover their rent as well as the cost of the seed,
fertilizer, tools, and animals they needed.
Many sharecroppers needed more seed and supplies than their
landlords could provide. Local suppliers, known as furnishing merchants, provided the supplies on credit, but at interest rates as high
as 40 percent. To make sure sharecroppers paid their debts, laws
allowed merchants to put liens on their crops. This meant the merchant could take crops to cover the debts. The crop lien system and
high interest rates trapped sharecroppers on the land because they
could not pay off their debts and leave, nor could they declare
bankruptcy. Failure to pay off debts could lead to imprisonment or
forced labor. The Civil War had ended slavery, but Reconstruction
had left many African Americans trapped in poverty.
Explaining What major issue was settled by the
Compromise of 1877?
Main Ideas
2. Identifying Points of View What was
President Lincoln’s attitude toward the
Reconstruction goals of the Radical
Republicans?
3. Explaining What was the goal of one of
the Enforcement Acts, passed in 1870–1871?
4. Determining Cause and Effect What
was the cause and effect of the Panic of
1873?
Critical Thinking
5. Big Ideas What factors contributed to
the improving economy of the South after
Reconstruction?
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Chapter 3 •
Section 3
S Skill Practice
Drawing Conclusions Write
on the board: “Difficult Problem”
and “Difficult Solution.” Ask students to list the problems they
think were the most difficult for
the South to solve during
Reconstruction—and why. Then
have the class vote on the most
difficult. OL
Answer:
the outcome of the presidential
election of 1876
Assess
6. Organizing Use a graphic organizer similar to the one below to identify the problems faced by Grant’s administration.
Problems Faced by
Grant’s Administration
7. Analyzing Visuals Review the map on
page 144. In what year were most southern states readmitted to the Union, and
which states were they?
Writing About History
8. Expository Writing Write a short
essay explaining what you consider to
be the three most important events of
Reconstruction and why you chose them.
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Summarizing Ask students
how conditions changed for
African Americans in the South
from before the war to after
Reconstruction. (They were free,
but rights gained initially were lost
after Reconstruction.)
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1. All definitions can be found in the section
and the Glossary.
2. He sympathized with some of their views,
but did not want to alienate Southerners
with a harsh peace.
3. to outlaw the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
4. cause: A major banking firm declared bankruptcy; effect: a major economic depression
that lasted for nearly the entire decade
5. investment by Northerners, growth of new
industries
6. perception that wealthy Americans had too
much influence, a series of scandals, the
Panic of 1873
7. 1868; Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina,
Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama
8. Essays should include three events and an
explanation for each.
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VISUAL SUMMARY
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Analyzing Have students
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North v. South
The capture of New Orleans (below)
gave the Union control of the mouth of
the Mississippi River.
1861
• Lincoln orders a blockade of Southern ports.
• The Confederacy organizes its government.
• The South wins the First Battle of Bull Run.
• Both sides begin building up their forces.
1862
▲ Jefferson Davis meets with his
cabinet and General Lee.
• Farragut captures New Orleans.
• After the Battles of Shiloh and Murfreesboro,
the Union gains control of western Tennessee.
• Led by McClellan, Union troops land in
Virginia to begin the Peninsula Campaign;
after a series of battles with Lee’s forces,
McClellan’s forces withdraw.
• Lee invades the North but is defeated
at the Battle of Antietam.
▲
The failure of Pickett’s Charge
convinced Lee to withdraw from
Gettysburg. It was the turning
point of the war.
1863: The Turning Point
▲ After the Battle of Antietam (above),
Lincoln issued the Emancipation
Proclamation.
• Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.
• Grant captures Vicksburg after a long siege
and cuts the Confederacy in two.
• After winning the battles of Fredericksburg
and Chancellorsville, Lee invades the north but
is defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg.
• After losing the Battle of Chickamauga,
Union forces drive back Southern forces at
the Battle of Chattanooga.
• Grant is given command of all Union forces.
▲
research the point of view that
someone in one of the following
groups might have had about the
war: Southern farmers, Southern
shopkeepers, Southern merchant
ship owners, Northern farmers,
free Northern African American
laborers, or Northern textile mill
owners. Tell students to then write
an essay explaining how a person
in one of these groups might have
felt about the war once it was
over and why. Have students
share their essays in class, and
have classmates evaluate whether
each essay accurately portrays the
point of view of the person
selected. AL
1864
• Grant battles Lee’s forces in northern Virginia;
Lee retreats into Petersburg, which Grant puts
under siege.
• Sherman captures Atlanta, then begins his
March to the Sea across Georgia.
Mourners surround Lincoln’s hearse
in Philadelphia in April 1865.
1865
Hands-On
Chapter Project
▲ Grant’s forces wore down Lee’s troops
in a series of battles in northern
Virginia. At Cold Harbor (above), the
Union suffered heavy losses.
• Lee attempts to escape from Petersburg but is
surrounded by Grant’s forces and surrenders
at Appomattox Courthouse; other Confederate
forces surrender as well.
• Lincoln is assassinated.
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Art Show on the Civil War
and Reconstruction
Step 4: Wrap Up After students have
hung the presentation, they will acquire
feedback and learn from it.
Directions Ask viewers of the exhibit for
their feedback. (You may want to put comment cards out.) As a class, review the comments and discuss your own reactions to
the show. Ask the following questions to
start the discussion:
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• Did the images illustrate the Civil War
and/or Reconstruction clearly? Why or
why not?
• How could the show have been
improved?
• What would you do differently if you did
this project again?
Putting It Together Have students write
a brief summary of their reactions to the
project, explaining how it illustrated the
Civil War and Reconstruction and whether
the project helped them review the
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Chapter
ASSESSMENT
Answers and Analyses
Reviewing Vocabulary
Reviewing Vocabulary
Reviewing Main Ideas
Directions: Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence.
Directions: Choose the best answer for each of the following
questions.
1. Abraham Lincoln declared
Maryland’s secession.
in Baltimore to prevent
Section 1 (pp. 122–129)
A martial law
6. The Civil War began when
B abolition
A Lincoln refused to send troops into Kentucky.
C habeas corpus
B Fort Sumter fell to the Confederacy.
D popular sovereignty
C Virginia seceded from the Union.
2. Because of the effectiveness of the Union Navy, the
Confederacy often used
to get needed supplies.
D Army officers imprisoned many suspected secessionists.
7. Which of the following was part of the Union’s Anaconda
Plan for defeating the Confederacy?
A ironclads
B blockade runners
2. B Three of the answers are
types of ships, which may confuse
students. However, the Union
navy used blockades, which
means they sealed off Southern
harbors and cut them off to trade.
Blockade runners literally ran
(moved) through the blockades to
smuggle supplies.
A a blockade of Southern ports
C cavalry
B a quick ground offensive
D British warships
C the assassination of Jefferson Davis
D a defensive war of attrition
3. General Ulysses S. Grant employed a strategy known as a
to capture the city of Vicksburg.
A battle
Section 2 (pp. 130–137)
B blockade
8. One result of the Battle of Antietam was that
C siege
A Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
D charge
B the Confederacy was split in two.
C Great Britain decided to support the Confederacy.
4. Part of President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was to
offer
to Southerners who would take an oath of
loyalty to the United States.
A imprisonment
D David Farragut became a hero in the North.
9. The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United
States by the
B amnesty
A Compromise of 1850.
C debt peonage
B Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
D exile
C ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
5. Northerners who came to the South during Reconstruction
were called
by Southerners who believed the
Northerners were exploiting the South’s misfortune for
personal gain.
D creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865.
A scalawags
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B sharecroppers
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D furnishing merchants
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1. A Martial law is when the military takes over for local government and people’s civil rights are
suspended. Abolition is to end
something, and does not make
sense. Habeas corpus was suspended during the war, not
declared. Lincoln did not declare
popular sovereignty.
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Fort Sumter fell before the events in the other
answer choices happened. Virginia seceded
right after Sumter fell. Army officers imprisoned
suspected secessionists during martial law in
Maryland. Shortly after that, Lincoln refused to
send troops into Kentucky.
8. A Lincoln had not emancipated enslaved
African Americans at the beginning of the
war, for fear of alienating border states.
However, after Antietam, the issuance of the
Proclamation added a new motivation to the
war: freeing enslaved people.
7. A Remind students that an anaconda is a
snake that kills its prey by strangulation. The
Anaconda plan included a blockade, A, in addition to splitting the Confederacy by taking the
Mississippi. This would slowly “strangle” the
South.
9. C Students may be tempted to choose B,
but remind them that the Proclamation only
declared free those enslaved persons residing
in areas still in rebellion against the United
States. The Thirteenth Amendment formally
ended slavery.
3. C Students should think of a
siege as an all-out attack. Grant
cut off the food supply and troops
bombarded the city. Battle and
charge are too general to work in
the blank. A blockade cuts off
food and supplies, but does not
involve a coordinated attack to
devastate a city.
4. B For fill-in-the-blank questions ask students to read the
question and fill in the blank
before looking at the answer
choices. The answer choice that
most closely matches their original choice is most likely correct.
Amnesty is the only answer choice
that is a positive, and based on
the question, it is likely that
Lincoln offered something positive in return for a loyalty oath.
5. C Carpetbaggers were called
so because of their bags made of
carpet remnants. A scalawag was
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction. Furnishing
merchant is a distracter based on
similarity to “carpet.”
Reviewing Main Ideas
6. B Students can approach this
question in a chronological way.
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10. D Grant’s capture of
Vicksburg and victory at
Chattanooga proved his military
skill and leadership.
ASSESSMENT
10. After the successful capture of Chattanooga, Lincoln
Critical Thinking
A recalled General Sherman to Washington, D.C.
Directions: Choose the best answers to the following questions.
B issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
15. One advantage that the Confederacy held during the Civil
War was that
C began negotiations for peace with the Confederacy.
Section 3 (pp. 140–149)
D most people in the country agreed with the position of
the Southern states.
B States could not hold constitutional conventions.
Base your answers to questions 16 and 17 on the map below and your
knowledge of Chapter 3.
C All former Confederate political and military leaders
would be given the right to vote.
D Freed African Americans had to be provided with “forty
acres and a mule.”
Peninsula Campaign, April–May 1862
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A provide free farmland for African Americans.
B guarantee equal civil rights for African Americans.
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C restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons.
A by railroad
D support the creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
B by wagon
C by land
D by water
A did not reunite the Confederate states with the Union.
17. The object of the Peninsula Campaign for the Union was to
B led to much corruption in the Grant administration.
A capture Richmond.
C gave the Democrats complete control of every level of
government.
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D allowed African Americans to lose many of their new
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12. In the Compromise of 1877, supposedly Rutherford B. Hayes
would be made president if he would do which of the following once in office?
14. D Choice A is untrue. B is
incorrect because Reconstruction
was not the cause of the scandal
in Grant’s administration. Democrats did not gain complete control of every level of government;
C is too broad. Reconstruction
failed because African Americans,
although freed from slavery, faced
massive discrimination and economic hardship.
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C the largest weapons factories were located in the South.
A The majority of white men in the state had to take an
oath of allegiance to the United States.
14. One way in which Reconstruction failed was that, in the
end, it
15. B Choices A, C, and D are
untrue. The largest weapons factories were in the North. It cannot
be said that most people in the
country agreed with the Southern
states, given the number of states
that stayed with the Union. The
B many battles occurred on lands with which Southerners
were more familiar.
11. Which of the following was a provision of the Wade-Davis
Bill for readmitting Southern states to the Union?
13. C The culture of the South
during Reconstruction makes
choices A, B, and D highly unlikely.
Black codes limited the rights of
Southern African Americans.
Critical Thinking
A it received military and financial support from the British
and French.
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was the name given to the election of Hayes. Although the
details of a compromise, if there
indeed was one, are murky, it
was said that Hayes promised to
remove federal troops from the
South. Federal troops were
removed from the South shortly
after Hayes became president,
which confirmed for some that a
compromise had taken place.
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answered using the process of
elimination. B is incorrect, because
under the Bill, once all white men
in the state had taken an oath of
allegiance, they could then hold a
constitutional convention. C is the
opposite of one of the provisions,
which stated the constitutions
must ban all former Confederate
leaders from voting. D was not a
provision of the Wade-Davis Bill.
B capture Yorktown.
C beat Magruder to Fredericksburg.
D blockade Chesapeake Bay.
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from Great Britain and France.
16. D General McClellan was a Union general.
Have students trace the black arrow, which,
according to the key, represents the Union
advance. Have students trace their finger along
the line.
17. A Even without knowledge from the chapter, it is evident from the map that all of the
Union and Confederate paths move toward a
convergence at Richmond.
Chapter 3 • Assessment
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18. After the Civil War, many formerly enslaved African
Americans earned a living by becoming
ASSESSMENT
Document-Based Questions
Directions: Analyze the document and answer the short-answer questions that follow the document.
A railroad workers in the West.
B sharecroppers on Southern farms.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee wrote a letter to
his sister, Anne Marshall, explaining his decision to resign from
the U.S. Army. Below is an excerpt from that letter:
C workers in Northern factories.
D gold miners in California.
“My Dear Sister:
Analyze the cartoon and answer the question that follows. Base your
answer on the cartoon and on your knowledge of Chapter 3.
. . . With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of
loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been
able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have, therefore, resigned
my commission in the Army, and, save in defense of my
native state . . . I hope I may never be called on to draw
my sword. I know you will blame me; but you must think
as kindly of me as you can. . . .”
—from Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes,
and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
21. Why did Robert E. Lee think it was necessary to resign from
the U.S. Army at the start of the war?
22. What do you think Lee’s feelings were about the war?
19. This cartoon features Peace Democrats, called
“Copperheads,” and the main idea is that they are
Extended Response
A helpful to the Union cause.
23. President Lincoln suspended writs of habeas corpus during
the Civil War to prevent interference with the draft. In a persuasive essay, explain your views on the suspension of civil
liberties in this case, and in general. Do you think that the
suspension of civil liberties is justified in some situations? In
your essay, include an introduction and at least three paragraphs with details from the chapter to support your views.
B a threat to the Union cause.
C frightening to many people.
D peaceful and caring.
20. Which of the following statements best describes the aims
of the Peace Democrats?
A They wished to join with the seceding Southern states.
Document-Based
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21. Lee did not want to stay in
the Union Army and fight fellow
Virginians. Lee, like hundreds of
other Southern military men, did
not want to break up the Union,
but his loyalty to his “countrymen”
would not permit him to take up
arms against them.
22. Answers will vary. Possible
answer: He probably thought it
was a terrible tragedy, and he
could not fight a war against his
own family.
Extended Response
23. Students’ essays must present
a clear position, either for or
against the suspension of writs of
habeas corpus during war and
in other circumstances. Arguments must be focused and wellreasoned. Essays must include
supporting details from the text,
as well as an introduction, conclusion, and at least three body
paragraphs.
B They wished to remove Abraham Lincoln from office.
C They wanted to avoid war by negotiating with the
Confederacy.
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president.
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18. B Many formerly enslaved African
Americans became sharecroppers, which left
them little better off than they had been when
they were enslaved. Sharecroppers were tied to
the land because they were constantly working
to pay off debts that could never be repaid;
they were essentially economically enslaved.
19. B Help students analyze the cartoon. The
woman, carrying a shield that says “Union” represents the Union. This is a play on the traditional Lady Liberty figure. The Copperheads are
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ing way. A and D do not fit with the threatening nature of the Copperheads. C is too general
to describe the cartoon.
20.C The Peace Democrats were located in the
North, but they wanted to put an end to the
war. This was the reason that they were seen as
treasonous to their Northern critics.
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