Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
... Initially, the Civil War between North and South was fought by the North to prevent the secession of the Southern states and preserve the Union. Even though sectional conflicts over slavery had been a major cause of the war, ending slavery was not a goal of the war. That changed on September 22, 186 ...
... Initially, the Civil War between North and South was fought by the North to prevent the secession of the Southern states and preserve the Union. Even though sectional conflicts over slavery had been a major cause of the war, ending slavery was not a goal of the war. That changed on September 22, 186 ...
Fall 2011 Professor Hangen US History II
... Thaddeus Stevens, the Representative of Pennsylvania, gives the viewpoint of the Radical Republicans, stating that it is Congress’s responsibility to provide freedmen with shelter, food, land etc. until they can provide for themselves. Without doing so, they will have nothing. This will leave them u ...
... Thaddeus Stevens, the Representative of Pennsylvania, gives the viewpoint of the Radical Republicans, stating that it is Congress’s responsibility to provide freedmen with shelter, food, land etc. until they can provide for themselves. Without doing so, they will have nothing. This will leave them u ...
Chapter 22: “The Ordeal of Reconstruction”
... South into five military zones Laid down guidelines for the readmission of states The 15th Amendment gave the blacks the right to vote in 1869 Ex Parte Milligan- a case in which the Supreme Court ruled that military tribunals could not try civilians if there were no civil courts ...
... South into five military zones Laid down guidelines for the readmission of states The 15th Amendment gave the blacks the right to vote in 1869 Ex Parte Milligan- a case in which the Supreme Court ruled that military tribunals could not try civilians if there were no civil courts ...
GUIDED READING Chapter 8
... B. much of the battle involved hand-to-hand combat. C. most battles involved long-range guns. D. most battles involved cannons. ...
... B. much of the battle involved hand-to-hand combat. C. most battles involved long-range guns. D. most battles involved cannons. ...
RECONSTRUCTION, 1865-77 I. The End
... Laws were different in each state but most embodied the same kinds of restrictions. Commonly, codes compelled freedmen to work. In many states, if unemployed, African Americans faced the potential of being arrested and charged with vagrancy. Many of those that did work had their day regulated. Codes ...
... Laws were different in each state but most embodied the same kinds of restrictions. Commonly, codes compelled freedmen to work. In many states, if unemployed, African Americans faced the potential of being arrested and charged with vagrancy. Many of those that did work had their day regulated. Codes ...
Chapter 6
... The Freedmen’s Bureau built schools to ensure that blacks could learn mathematics and basic literacy. When segregation became established in the South, blacks received a lesser education than their white counterparts. Their schools were usually run-down, and their books were often of poorer qualit ...
... The Freedmen’s Bureau built schools to ensure that blacks could learn mathematics and basic literacy. When segregation became established in the South, blacks received a lesser education than their white counterparts. Their schools were usually run-down, and their books were often of poorer qualit ...
the debate over reconstruction
... AFRICAN AMERICANS FACED INTENSE RESENTMENT FROM MANY SOUTHERN WHITES KLANS GOAL WAS TO DRIVE OUT CARPETBAGGERS AND UNION TROOPS, AND RETAKE CONTROL OF SOUTH USED TERRORIST TACTICS. ACTIVITES OF KLAN OUTRAGED PRESIDENT GRANT AND LED TO THE ENFORCEMENT ACTS= 1) FEDERAL CRIME TO INTERFERE WITH RIGHT TO ...
... AFRICAN AMERICANS FACED INTENSE RESENTMENT FROM MANY SOUTHERN WHITES KLANS GOAL WAS TO DRIVE OUT CARPETBAGGERS AND UNION TROOPS, AND RETAKE CONTROL OF SOUTH USED TERRORIST TACTICS. ACTIVITES OF KLAN OUTRAGED PRESIDENT GRANT AND LED TO THE ENFORCEMENT ACTS= 1) FEDERAL CRIME TO INTERFERE WITH RIGHT TO ...
Civil War 010 - Marblehead High School
... • 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, ca ...
... • 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, ca ...
Ch. 22 - Monroe County Schools
... • The bureau confiscated land and took abandoned lands that could be rented or sold to freedmen. • “forty acres and a mule” –rumor • The greatest achievements of the Freedmen’s Bureau were in education! • The white South view the bureau as a meddlesome agency that threatened to upset white racial do ...
... • The bureau confiscated land and took abandoned lands that could be rented or sold to freedmen. • “forty acres and a mule” –rumor • The greatest achievements of the Freedmen’s Bureau were in education! • The white South view the bureau as a meddlesome agency that threatened to upset white racial do ...
13.1 - Trimble County Schools
... Union. It permitted each state to hold a constitutional convention (without Lincoln’s 10 percent requirement) States were required to void secession, abolish slavery, and ratify the 13th Amendment. States could then hold elections and resume participation in the Union. It reflected the spirit of Lin ...
... Union. It permitted each state to hold a constitutional convention (without Lincoln’s 10 percent requirement) States were required to void secession, abolish slavery, and ratify the 13th Amendment. States could then hold elections and resume participation in the Union. It reflected the spirit of Lin ...
Reconstruction 1863-1877
... • This became known as Lincoln's 10% Plan. • His plan did not include general imprisonment (Davis and high ranking leaders were imprisoned but released before their 2 year sentences), land confiscation or distribution, and also did not include mention of race relations / the status of freedmen afte ...
... • This became known as Lincoln's 10% Plan. • His plan did not include general imprisonment (Davis and high ranking leaders were imprisoned but released before their 2 year sentences), land confiscation or distribution, and also did not include mention of race relations / the status of freedmen afte ...
File
... abolitionists risked their lives to help southern freedmen. Called “carpetbaggers” by white southern Democrats. ...
... abolitionists risked their lives to help southern freedmen. Called “carpetbaggers” by white southern Democrats. ...
the social and political aspects of the civil war
... stop rioters and Confederate sympathizers Lincoln seized telegraph offices . Taney said Lincoln had gone too far- he ignored it Among those Lincoln arrested were Copperheads, Northern Democrats that were sympathetic with the ...
... stop rioters and Confederate sympathizers Lincoln seized telegraph offices . Taney said Lincoln had gone too far- he ignored it Among those Lincoln arrested were Copperheads, Northern Democrats that were sympathetic with the ...
THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
... Higher mortality rate Massacred at Fort Pillow, TN 1864 by Confederates South did consider drafting free blacks, and did arm some at the end of the war ...
... Higher mortality rate Massacred at Fort Pillow, TN 1864 by Confederates South did consider drafting free blacks, and did arm some at the end of the war ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Chapter 23
... Johnson was not allowed to testify by his lawyers, who argued that the Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional and Johnson was acting under the Constitution, not the law. On May 16, 1868, Johnson was acquitted of all charges by a single vote, as seven Republican senators with consciences voted “no ...
... Johnson was not allowed to testify by his lawyers, who argued that the Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional and Johnson was acting under the Constitution, not the law. On May 16, 1868, Johnson was acquitted of all charges by a single vote, as seven Republican senators with consciences voted “no ...
Reconstruction (1865
... established virtual slavery with provisions such as these: – Curfews: Generally, black people could not gather after sunset. – Vagrancy laws: Freedmen convicted of vagrancy– that is, not working– could be fined, whipped, or sold for a year’s labor. – Labor contracts: Freedmen had to sign agreements ...
... established virtual slavery with provisions such as these: – Curfews: Generally, black people could not gather after sunset. – Vagrancy laws: Freedmen convicted of vagrancy– that is, not working– could be fined, whipped, or sold for a year’s labor. – Labor contracts: Freedmen had to sign agreements ...
The Reconstruction Ordeal
... How to deal with former Confederate leaders? (many Confed leaders will serve brief jail terms and later pardoned) ...
... How to deal with former Confederate leaders? (many Confed leaders will serve brief jail terms and later pardoned) ...
4_9 Reconstruction Gallery FULL - St. Agnes Academic High School
... after the South surrendered, Lincoln was assassinated. The new President, Andrew Johnson, lacked Lincoln's authority. Nevertheless, he sought to follow Lincoln's plan of lenient treatment. Johnson recognized newly formed Southern state governments and pardoned most rebel leaders. Many Southern state ...
... after the South surrendered, Lincoln was assassinated. The new President, Andrew Johnson, lacked Lincoln's authority. Nevertheless, he sought to follow Lincoln's plan of lenient treatment. Johnson recognized newly formed Southern state governments and pardoned most rebel leaders. Many Southern state ...
Document
... New roles for African Americans were tested. In territories under Union control, freed slaves were hired to work on plantations for pay, or were allowed to rent and farm the land. 40-acre plots in South Carolina and Georgia coastal lands were given away. In Louisiana, freedmen signed contracts to wo ...
... New roles for African Americans were tested. In territories under Union control, freed slaves were hired to work on plantations for pay, or were allowed to rent and farm the land. 40-acre plots in South Carolina and Georgia coastal lands were given away. In Louisiana, freedmen signed contracts to wo ...
Reconstruction and Redemption
... After Union troops were removed in early 1877, most southern states used “Jim Crow” laws to block voting rights for most ex-slaves. Segregation laws to restore white domination and prevent economic progress for African Americans were passed. As the years when by, the former enemies mellowed. Grant, ...
... After Union troops were removed in early 1877, most southern states used “Jim Crow” laws to block voting rights for most ex-slaves. Segregation laws to restore white domination and prevent economic progress for African Americans were passed. As the years when by, the former enemies mellowed. Grant, ...
Politics After the Civil War
... and government buildings and confiscated Confederate public property of every sort. Scoundrels capitalized on the general disorder to rob and recklessly kill innocent civilians. Unidentified persons pillaged the state treasury on the night of June 11. Simultaneously, government at the state and loca ...
... and government buildings and confiscated Confederate public property of every sort. Scoundrels capitalized on the general disorder to rob and recklessly kill innocent civilians. Unidentified persons pillaged the state treasury on the night of June 11. Simultaneously, government at the state and loca ...
America`s History Seventh Edition
... the South (imposed penalties against unemployed blacks, and set up efforts to take black children from parents and apprentice them to former slave holders); eased restrictions on ex-Confederates who wanted reenter politics. ...
... the South (imposed penalties against unemployed blacks, and set up efforts to take black children from parents and apprentice them to former slave holders); eased restrictions on ex-Confederates who wanted reenter politics. ...
Reconstruction - Hudson Falls Middle School
... South needed slaves for their economy, but the North had thought of slavery as wrong long before the war. Once the North didn’t have their main source for income, they needed help, and they were too angry with the North to accept it. • Carpet baggers may have been a controversial idea, but I believe ...
... South needed slaves for their economy, but the North had thought of slavery as wrong long before the war. Once the North didn’t have their main source for income, they needed help, and they were too angry with the North to accept it. • Carpet baggers may have been a controversial idea, but I believe ...
Reconstruction
... people of the County attended en masse. Since that time we seem to have the particular hatred and spite of that class who were opposed to the principles set forth in that meeting. Their first act was to deprive us the privilege to worship any longer in the Church. Since we have procured one of our o ...
... people of the County attended en masse. Since that time we seem to have the particular hatred and spite of that class who were opposed to the principles set forth in that meeting. Their first act was to deprive us the privilege to worship any longer in the Church. Since we have procured one of our o ...