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The Impact of Civil War on North and South: Reconstruction and Its Challenges

Explore the effects of the Civil War on the North and South, particularly the destruction in the South, the end of the war, and the significant changes in our government during Reconstruction.

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The Impact of Civil War on North and South: Reconstruction and Its Challenges

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  1. EQ: • How did the conflict between the • North and the South lead to change in • This country? • Think … • What event destroyed much of the South, which led • to the south never recovering in the war? • What event ended the Civil War? • What major event happened AFTER the war was over • that significantly changed our government?

  2. Reconstruction1865-1877Table of Contents Anticipation Guide 23 Class Notes #1 24 Constitutional Changes 25 Class Notes #2 26 Sharecropping vs Slavery 27 Summary 28

  3. The Defeated South Q: Based upon your observations of the map below, how were the North and the South effected differently as a result of the Civil War? A: Because the majority of battles took place in the South, many Southern houses, farms, bridges, and railroads were destroyed.

  4. Ruins in Front of the Capitol – Richmond, VA, 1865

  5. Grounds of the Ruined Arsenal with Scattered Shot and Shell - Richmond, VA, April 1865

  6. Guns and Ruined Buildings Near the Tredegar Iron Works - Richmond, VA, April 1865

  7. Above: Charleston, South Carolina Right: Atlanta, Georgia

  8. A Southern armored railroad gun has gone as far as it can on these rails, typifying Civil War destruction of Southern railroad tracks. (Virginia) This famous photo was taken looking across the ruins of the railroad bridge in Fredericksburg, Virginia

  9. Re construction The period of time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt. The federal program to bring the seceded states back into the country. 1865 - 1877

  10. Problems faced by Southerners during Reconstruction:

  11. Millions of freed slaves needed housing, clothing, food, and jobs. Many had no education. 1. Freed slaves have nowhere to go.

  12. Confederate money had no value; therefore, banks closed.

  13. Harsh feelings between the Northerners and Southerners existed from the war. There were harsh feelings on both sides.

  14. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops had been destroyed.

  15. Think about this: • What were the effects of the Civil War on the North and South? • The effects of the Civil War on the South: • Destruction of Southern farms and crops • Freed slaves without a home, clothes, or education • Money was worthless, so banks closed • Harsh feelings between Northerners & Southerners

  16. Plans for Reconstruction • Americans could not agree on how to bring the South back into the Union. • Some wanted to use Reconstruction to punish the South; whereas others wanted to make it easy for Southern states to rejoin.

  17. President Lincoln did not want to punish the South. He said, “With malice [meanness] toward none, with charity for all … let us strive [try] to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds …”

  18. Lincoln planned to let the defeated states set up new state governments and rejoin the Union quickly. • Many people disagreed with Lincoln, especially Republicans who wanted to change the South. • Lincoln and Congress never had a chance to reach an agreement. • On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was assassinated while attending a play at Ford’s Theater

  19. Ford’s Theater

  20. Lincoln’s assassination shocked the nation. He had become a hero to many people and his death filled them with sadness. They would miss his leadership during the difficult years of Reconstruction.

  21. Why is Reconstruction necessary? • Our country needed to be reunited and the South needed to be rebuilt. • The MAIN goal is to unite our country.

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