Legacy of the Civil War

1. Legacy of the Civil War Pollnow US History

2. What we have to know • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments • Political, social, economic impact of Civil War • Use your chart to follow along

3. 13th Amendment • Officially makes slavery illegal in the United States • Southern states were required to ratify this amendment before they would be allowed back into the US

4. 14th Amendment • Gave freed slaves citizenship status • Overturned decision in Dred Scot case • Gave all persons “due process “ of law • To be told of your crime when imprisoned, fair and speedy trial and right to attorney, etc • Gave all persons “equal protection” of the law • Law would protect everyone equally

5. 15th Amendment • Gave all men the right to vote • No one can deny any man the right to vote based on any condition • Once a slave • Race

6. Political • Map • 5 Military districts-why did we set up military districts? • Explanation of how Southern States did not have totally “on-board” governments until the listed dates • White southerners do their best to hold freed African-Americans down and keep them from voting • poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause • Black Codes – What were they? WKSHT!

8. Economic • South’s devastated economy • Sharecropping • Agreement between landlord (owner of land) and poor farmer (usually African American freedman) to farm for a fee ($, crops, work, etc) • “Freedom’s Choices” sheet • ‘bought owner’s tools’; went into debt right away and couldn’t get out of it!

9. Social

10. Social • Amounts of casualties – both North and South • North = approximately 360,000 (of 2.5 million or 14.4%) • South = approximately 260,000 (of 1 million or 26%) • Total is approximately 620,000 (of 3.5 million or 17.7%) • 2% of the US population at the time (31 million) • Would be 6 million today (a little more than the pop. of WI) • Over 2/3 from disease, not battle

11. Social • Carpetbagger • Term for someone from the north who had come to the south after the war looking to make money • Lots of ways to do so • Sell needed items (food, clothing, etc) • Rebuild • Buy cheap land

12. Social • Scalawag • Term for a southerner who was cooperative with the government’s reconstruction efforts in the south • Looked down upon by most southerners

13. Social • Ku Klux Klan • White supremacist group • Claimed to use Christianity as a justification • Used terror tactics to scare African-Americans who • Were successful • Were trying to upset the established “hierarchy” • Were trying to blend with white culture

14. Social • The Ku Klux Klan exists today • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Yg9wjctRw (3:32) • “I had a friend in school, the running back on the football team…” “They burned a cross in his front yard… for asking out the homecoming queen.”

15. Social • The Ku Klux Klan exists today • RATM handout • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzw9nxqUzOw&feature=related

16. Legacy of the Civil War Let’s check… What was the Civil War fought over????

17. Legacy of the Civil War Let’s check… What was the Union fighting for in the Civil War?

18. Legacy of the Civil War Let’s check… What were the Confederates fighting for in the Civil War?

19. How were the amendments violated in the South • 13th : Africans Americans are free • 14th: African Americans are citizens • 15th: African American males have the right to vote • 13th: SHARECROPPING • 14th: ? • 15th: ?

20. How did Reconstruction End? • Please read the article.

21. Food for Thought… • They can because they think they can. Virgil

22. Food for Thought… • If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. Henry Ford