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Bellringer (9/24/13). Please write both the question and the answer. Do you believe the Civil War ended the causes of tension between the North and the South, or do you think they were/are still present after the peace was signed on April 9? Please take a few moments to consider your answer.
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Bellringer (9/24/13) Please write both the question and the answer. Do you believe the Civil War ended the causes of tension between the North and the South, or do you think they were/are still present after the peace was signed on April 9? Please take a few moments to consider your answer.
Emancipation Proclamation Use pages 371-373 to answer the following questions. • What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? • How was it received by the Southern states? • What is Juneteenth? • What did Frederick Douglass say to try to recruit “freedmen” to join the Union? You have 10 minutes.
Assassination! Within a small group, look up the following people/terms, tell what they are, and tell what they have to do with one another. This is for your notes. 1. Abraham Lincoln::Our American Cousin 2. John Wilkes Booth:: Sic semper tyrannis 3. Andrew Johnson::April 14, 1865 You have 15 minutes.
Conspiracy Take a look at this timeline detailing the conspirators’ actions leading up to and after Lincoln’s assassination. • What were some early plans of the conspirators? • Why did they abandon those plans? • Why were the conspirators tried by a military commission?
Reconstruction • Between 1865 and 1877 • Bringing the Southern states back in to the Union • Freedman’s Bureau meant to help slaves • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments to help slaves • 13(Emancipation), 14 (Citizenship), 15(Vote) • Presidents Andrew Johnson (impeached), Ulysses S. Grant (remember him?) • Ended with the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes and Compromise of 1877
Bellringer (9/25/13) Please write the question and your answer. How do you think the assassination of President Lincoln changed northern opinions regarding how to deal with the South after the war? Explain your answer. Please take a few moments to consider your answer.
Election of 1876 • Presidential Election: Hayes (R) vs. Tilden (D) • Close call: Tilden actually leading, but Hayes won in recounts • Democrats in South refuse results, inaugurate legislatures and governor in SC, LA • Electoral commission established (10 congressmen and 5 Supremes)
Compromise of 1877 • Commission sides with recount (Hayes) • Re-establish “home rule” in three Southern states (SC, LA, FL) • Democrats peacefully allow Hayes to be inaugurated. • Many Republicans return to the North, making South a Democrat-controlled area for over a century • First non-Democrat governor of Georgia since Reconstruction elected in 2002 (Sonny Perdue)
Small groups Divide into groups of 4. Each group is responsible for summarizing a section of the chapter on Reconstruction (12). You have 30minutes.
Small Groups Now form groups of four with one person from group 1, group 2, group 3, and group 4. In your groups, tell your classmates the important information that they need to know from your section! You have until the end of class to share with one another.