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Focus Questions – 9/14/06. 1.Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? 2.Define total war. 3.What occurred at Appomattox?. Reconstruction Following War. I. War Changes the Nation. A. Human Costs -Over 600,000 soldiers killed B.Political and Economic Changes
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Focus Questions – 9/14/06 1.Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? 2.Define total war. 3.What occurred at Appomattox?
I. War Changes the Nation A.Human Costs -Over 600,000 soldiers killed B.Political and Economic Changes • Increases the power of the ____ ____. • ____ economy is destroyed, due to the destruction of industries and _______.
B. Civil War Amendments 13th: Banned Slavery in All States 14th: Rights of Citizens and Equal Protection given to minorities 15th: Right to Vote extended to African-Americans
C. Lincoln is Assassinated • April 14, 1865 • Lincoln is shot at Ford’s _______. • His killer, ____ ____ ____, escapes but is soon captured and killed by Union army men.
II. The Politics of Reconstruction • A. Presidential Plans
II. Reconstructing the South A. Reconstruction • The rebuilding of the South following the devastation of the war. • Freedmen’s Bureau :provides social services, ____ care, and education
B. Congress v. the President 1.Reconstruction Act of 1867 • Congress takes action • Divides the former ____ into districts for the purpose of rebuilding. 2.President Andrew Johnson’s View • He attempts to block reconstruction plan. • __ __ ___ impeaches the President, but the ____ does not convict him.
III. Reconstructing Society A. The Postwar South • Scalawags: southern ___ who joined ____party to improve political positions • Carpetbaggers: Northern ____, moved to South after war B. Former Slaves Start Over • They found churches and schools • Many move to reunite with their _____. • Sharecropping:______________________ • Tenant farming:______________________
C. Collapse of Reconstruction • Ku Klux Klan (KKK) -wants to repress _____ -kills thousands 2. Support Fades -Republicans are not unified in their efforts -North is distracted by economic problems.
Visual Sources • http://history.acusd.edu/gen/sespics/71853.jpg • http://pnyfan1186.tripod.com/2gunshot.jpg • http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Andrew%20Johnson.jpg • http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/lincoln-abraham.jpg • http://www.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/0impeach/ticket.gif • http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/Photos/images/pettway1.jpg • http://kingstonuu.org/images/mlk-kkk.jpg