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•Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during
the Civil War.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
There were also contributions and achievements as a result of the war.
“While our soldiers stand and
fight, I can stand and feed and
nurse them.”
Clara Barton, founder of the
American Red Cross
William Carney
became the first
African American to
receive the
Congressional Medal
of Honor for
bravery
For the assault at
Fort Wagner.
Julia Ward Howe
watched Union
Soldiers march off to
war. She replaced the
lyrics to “John
Brown’s Body” with
the lyrics of “The
Battle Hymn of the
Republic”, beginning
with “Mine eyes have
seen the glory of the
coming of the Lord…”
Phillip Bazaar, born in
Chile, carried
dispatches under heavy
Fire during the Battle
of Fort Fisher
And became the first
Hispanic American to
Receive the
Congressional Medal of
Honor
•The southern
economy, farms,
railroads and cities
were destroyed.
•40% of farms
•60% of factories
and railroads
•Slaves set free
= no more free
labor
•The South was in
ruins.
•Northern industries grew and replaced farming as
the basis of the economy
•The Federal government grew larger and more
powerful
•In January
1865, Lincoln
urged
Congress to
pass the 13th
Amendment
•Slavery was
abolished in
the United
States
•Slaves
were set
free but
had
NOTHING
…..but
freedom
Many only
had the
clothes on
their
backs.
•Less than 10% of African-Americans could read or
write. Most had no skills but manual labor.
•Freedman’s Bureau was created to help former
slaves get food, shelter and an education
•Reconstruction is the period of rebuilding
the nation after the Civil War
•Part of reconstruction was to create a plan
to readmit southern states into the Union
•Abraham Lincoln’s plan called for peace and
forgiveness
•Two different plans would soon
emerge……both would cause problems
•Johnson was a
Democrat
selected by
Lincoln to be
his Vicepresident.
•Johnson
believed
Reconstruction
was the job of
the President,
not Congress
•His plan was based
on Lincoln’s goals
•Johnson insisted
the South ratify
the 13th
Amendment and
accept the supreme
power of the
federal government
•Johnson did little
to punish
Southerners who
were not following
his plan
•Some southern states refused the 13th Amend and
created Black Codes ….laws that limited freedoms of
former slaves
•The Ku Klux Klan was created to intimidate and harass
freed slaves
•Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of
1866…..Congress had enough of Johnson!
•Radical Republicans charged President
Johnson with “improper conduct” and
impeached him.
•The Senate voted and Johnson was
only one vote away from being
removed
•Johnson would have very little impact
on Reconstruction after the hearing
•Radical
Republicans
wanted to
punish the
south.
•They wanted
to ensure
equal rights
for AfricanAmericans
•Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the
South into 5 military districts
•Southerners must create new state govt’s and
ratify new amendments before they could rejoin
the Union
•Radical Republicans also passed the 14th and 15th
Amendments giving African Americans citizenship and
the right to vote.
•Hiram Revels of Mississippi becomes the 1st African
American Senator
•Carpetbaggers
were
Northerners who
came to the
South looking to
get rich or get
elected
•Scalawags were white southerners who
helped the Republicans and Freedman.
13th AMENDMENT
•FREE
14TH AMENDMENT
•CITIZENS
15TH AMENDMENT
•VOTE
•F…R….E…E…that
spells FREE
•CITIZENS VOTE .
com baby!
•Many African-Americans and poor whites
turned to sharecropping in the South as a way
to make a living
•Workers rented land
•Landowners gave tools, seed and housing
•Workers never made enough money to pay
rent
•Freedman and poor white farmers got caught in a
cycle of debt and poverty
•Many Southerners, both black and white would
remain poor and landless for the next 100 years
•Republican Ulysses S Grant is elected president n 1868
•Grant fought for African-Americans new freedoms by
trying to destroy the KKK
•Grant wins the Election of 1872….but an economic
panic, scandal and corruption weaken his presidency
•By 1877 the North was tired of Reconstruction…too much
money and time being spent. President Rutherford B Hayes
withdrew troops from the South
•Southern Democrats regained control of the South
•Reconstruction provided legal rights for African-Americans
but they would still face widespread violence and prejudice in
the South for the next 100 years
Complete Graphic Organizer in the US History TEKS workbook pg. 295
Freedman’s Bureau
Black Codes
Reconstruction
Acts
Development during
Reconstruction
Impeachment
Trial
Sharecropping
System
“New South”
People of
Reconstruction
Reconstruction Plans
Presidential Plan
Congressional Plan
Explain why Johnson was “impeached.”
How did this effect his Presidency? Explain.
Effect of Reconstruction
Reconstruction
Federal Government Attempts to Settle West, pg 301
Homestead Act
Major Provisions of the Act:
Effect of the Act:
Morrill Act
Major Provisions of the Act:
Effect of the Act:
Dawes Act
Major Provisions of the Act:
Effect of the Act:
What impact did these Acts have on the development of the West? Did
they achieve their desired goal? Explain.