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Takedown
Why did Lee have to
surrender at
Appomattox?
RECONSTRUCTION
HOW DO YOU REBUILD A
COUNTRY THAT HAS JUST
KILLED 620,000 OF ITS OWN
MEN?
Process used to readmit Confederate states
into the Union
Election of 1864
• With the success that Sherman
was having with his total war
campaign on his “March to the
Sea,” Lincoln used the momentum
to get re-elected.
• His focus would be to bring the
south back into the Union.
• His second focus would be to try
and get Congress to end
SLAVERY.
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13
Amendment
• Lasting legacy of Lincoln is the
fact that he used a law to end
slavery forever.
• Huge struggle to get the votes in
Congress, but it passed.
• With a victory almost at hand, with
the fall of Richmond the focus
moved to bring the Confederate
States back into the union.
Lincoln Assassinated
Andrew Johnson
• A southerner from
Tennessee replaced
Lincoln.
• He had his own ideas
about Reconstruction
• He didn’t agree with
the Radical
Republicans who
dominated both
Houses of Congress,
thus they controlled
Reconstruction
Takedown
Put these events in the
chronological order?
Antietam
Appomattox
Gettysburg
Bull Run
New Orleans
Petersburg
Vicksburg
Black Codes
Emancipation
Proclamation
Freedman’s Bureau
Homestead Act
KKK
Reconstruction
Total War
Lincoln Assassinated
Rebuilding Brings Conflict
• Southerners were afraid of the now 4 Million
freed slaves and the interaction that would
take place with them.
• Black Codes: Laws passed by Southern
states that limited the freedom of former
slaves
Carpetbaggers
• Northerners who
went to the South
after the war.
• Investing and
buying up things
cheap in order to
gain economic &
political power.
• They had money
and that’s what the
south needed.
Freedman’s Bureau
• Organized by
Lincoln
• Built schools,
reunited families,
provided food and
clothing for former
slaves
• FBI= Freedman’s
Bureau of
Independence
Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
• Many Southerners
were bitter.
• They created a
secret organization
in 1866 to intimidate
the freedmen.
• Encouraged racism,
hatred and
discrimination
towards the former
slaves.
• Used terrorism
tactics.
Reconstruction Amendments
• Declared all
persons born in
the U.S. (except
N.A.) as citizens
• Johnson vetoed
the bill
• Congress voted to
repeal the veto
–Bill became law.
14th Amendment
• Citizenship to all
African Americans
• Equal protection
under the law to
all citizens
• President
Johnson did not
support it.
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15
Amendment
• Guaranteed
voting rights
to African
American
men.
Johnson Impeached
• 1867: Tenure of Office Act
– Pres. Could not fire gov.
officials w/o Senate
approval
• Johnson fired his Sec. of
War anyway
• House of Reps. voted to
impeach the President 3
days later
• Differed w/ Radical Rep. in
Congress on how to
reconstruct the South
• His plan of Restoration
wasn’t enough and they
wanted him out.
• He stayed but lost power.
Grant Takes Office
• In 1868 Grant became president with the support of the
Radical Republicans
• He got 700,000 votes from the freed African Americans
that rose above the intimidation of the KKK, to cast their
vote...
– Reconstruction would slowly but surely rebuild the South for the
next 10 years.
Takedown
How many Americans died
fighting in the Civil
War?
UNIT VI Study Guide
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People
Booth
Davis
Farragut
Grant
Johnson
Lee
Lincoln
Meade
Pickett
Sherman
Battles
Antietam
Appomattox
Gettysburg
New Orleans
Petersburg
Vicksburg
Black Codes
Border States
Carpet Baggers
Diseases
Emancipation
Proclamation
Freedman’s
Bureau
Homestead Act
KKK
Reconstruction
Technology
Total War
Takedown
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15
What did the
and
Amendments do for African
Americans?
Civil War Assignments
Note Guides:
• Civil War I
• Civil War II
• Reconstruction
Worksheets:
• Technology Graphic Org.,
• Civil War Timeline,
• CH. 11 sec 1 Resources, Strategies & Early Battles,
• Ch. 11 sec 3 Life During War
• Ch. 12 The Politics of Reconstruction
• Tragedy at Ford Theater
Map:
• Major Battles of the Civil War
Takedowns/Pinners
Study Guide