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The Civil War: Focus Lesson & Video
Directions: Take notes during the focus lesson. You will be quizzed on the questions below.
1) What does secede mean?
Secede = Separate or withdraw
2) Name the single event that led to the south seceding from the union. Why did the south secede?
President Abraham Lincoln’s election because they
thought they lost political power.
3) What did the south call the new country it formed?
Confederate States of America
4) Why did the North care that the south was seceding?
They were afraid of losing political and economic
power.
North
South
Country Name:
Country Name:
United States of
America
Confederate States of
America
President:
President:
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
General:
General:
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Economy:
Economy:
Industry/Manufacturing
Agriculture/Farming
Directions: Take notes on the film. You will be quizzed on its content.
5) Describe 3 ways technology impacted the Civil War.
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2.
3.
6) How did the postal service impact the war?
7) Describe two ways American civilians learned about the horrors of battle during the war?
8) Where were most of the battles fought? How did the benefit the confederate troops?
9) How did the railroad benefit the Union troops?
Name: ____________________________________
Date: ____________
Motto: ____________________________________
Homeroom: _______
Civil War Focus Lesson 2
Directions: Take notes during the focus lesson.
Advantages during the Civil War
North
South
Factories: North had
factories, so they could
make supplies
Defending Homeland: South
was more familiar with the
land they were fighting on.
Technology: North had
access to better weapons,
telegraphs, railroads and
medical care.
Strong Reason to Fight:
The South was fighting to
be independent. This was a
strong motivator for
soldiers.
Population:North had more
people to fight and to make
supplies in factories.
End of the Civil War
North
South
- Won!
- Lost 
- About 360,000 Deaths
- About 260,000 Deaths
- Took control of the South - Returned to the Union
-President Lincoln was killed - Leaders had to swear
loyalty to Union, Lost $
5 days after war’s end.
13th Amendment Passed: Outlawed slavery in all states.
1. Why did the Riley family move from Texas to Tennessee? ____________________________________
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2. What caused the father, James D. Riley, to lose all of his money. (Use what you learned in class to answer this
question)
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Name: ____________________________________
Date: ____________
Motto: ____________________________________
Exit Quiz: End of Civil War
Homeroom: _______
1. Describe two advantages the North had that helped them win the Civil War.
2. Describe one advantage the South had during the Civil War.
3. What did the 13th Amendment achieve?
Name: ____________________________________
Date: ____________
Motto: ____________________________________
Exit Quiz: End of Civil War
Homeroom: _______
1. Describe two advantages the North had that helped them win the Civil War.
2. Describe one advantage the South had during the Civil War.
3. What did the 13th Amendment achieve?
Name: ____________________________________
Date: _____________________
Entrance Slip: Riley Family DBQ
1. Why did the Riley family move from Texas to Tennessee? Support your claim with two pieces of textual
evidence.
Name: ____________________________________
Date: ____________
Motto: ____________________________________
Reconstruction: Focus Lesson & Video
Directions: Take notes during the focus lesson.
1. Define Reconstruction
Homeroom: _______
1. Rebuilding
2. Plans for bringing the South back into the Union.
Sentence:
The carpenter had just begun his apartment’s reconstruction.
Abraham Lincoln’s Plan
-Middle Extreme
The Three Plans for Reconstruction
Wade-Davis Bill
-Most Extreme
-Least Extreme
-Called 10% Plan
-10% of voters would
take loyalty oath to
Union.
-Then the state could
form new government
-State must ban slavery
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
-50% of voters had to take
loyalty oath.
-Only white males who
swore they didn’t fight in
war, could vote for new
government.
-State must ban slavery
-State leaders must take
loyalty oath
-States would write new
constitutions banning
slavery
-States must ratify (pass)
13th Amendment.
3. How did life improve for African Americans after the Civil War?
Many ways: Freedom, land, families
Southern Black Codes
4. Black Codes
Congress’ Response to the Black Codes
- Laws passed to control blacks in the
-Empowered Freedman’s Bureau to
South.
support blacks.
-Kept rights from blacks (restricted
-Passed civil Rights Act of 1886
jobs, land ownership etc.)
-Passed 14th Amendment
5. Why did Southerners pass the black codes? Use two pieces of evidence from the lecture to support your
claim. [3 minutes]
Video: Many Rivers to Cross
Directions: Answer the questions as you watch the video.
What were former slaves promised at the end of the Civil War?
Describe at least 3 liberties former slaves were able to take advantage of?
1.
2.
3.
Benjamin Montgomery was a former slave who became a landowner, however most other slaves were unable to till (farm)
their own land. What did these slaves do for work?
Why did Republicans want to grant African Americans the right to vote?
Name: ____________________________________
Date: ____________
Motto: ____________________________________
Homeroom: _______
Exit Quiz: Reconstruction
What were the 3 requirements of President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan?
Define black codes
Describe two ways life improved for African Americans after the Civil War.