Transcript bellwork - ebruggeman

BELLWORK
1. List three reasons why the North won the Civil War.
2. What were the three terms of surrender?
 THINKERS: As you know, after the Civil War, the U.S.
government had to deal with issues regarding newly freed
blacks’ rights & readmitting the Southern states to the
Union. Put yourself in their place….. What do you think……
3. Under what terms should the former Confederate States to
be readmitted to the Union?
4. Who should be punished for the rebellion and how?
5. What should be done, if anything, to aid the newly freed
slaves?
RECONSTRUCTION
1865-1877
END OF CIVIL WAR
On April 9, 1865 General Grant (N) had
General Lee’s (S) troops surrounded in VA.
 Lee surrendered
 Terms of surrender:
1. Confederate soldiers were NOT prosecuted for
treason
2. Soldiers could keep their horses
3. Union provided food to Confederate soldiers.

END OF CIVIL WAR
The Union celebrated their victory all
throughout the North.
Highest deaths of any U.S. war:
360,000 Union soldiers
375,000 Confederate soldiers
The Civil War ended when the South
surrendered, but the war was far from over. It
left devastation and destruction all throughout
the nation.
AFTER – EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Physical: destroyed 2/3 of South’s shipping
industry and 9,000 miles of railroads. It ruined
farm land, farm buildings, farm machinery,
animals, livestock, bridges, canals and factories.
The value of Southern property decreased 70%.
Humans: destroyed a whole generation of young,
healthy men.
One out of three southern men were killed or
wounded.
AFTER – EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
 Postwar South:
 Black Southerners: 4 million freed slaves were starting a
new life. As slaves, they received food and shelter. Now,
they found themselves homeless, unemployed, and
starved.
 Plantation Owners: Planters lost slave labor worth $3
billion. The government seized $100 million in land and
cotton.
 Poor White Southerners: high unemployment rate
because of competition, many started moving West
RECONSTRUCTION
 The Confederates had been defeated and their
homes were completely destroyed.
 Charleston, SC was described as “a city of ruins, of
desolation, of empty houses, of widowed women, of
rotting docks, of deserted warehouses, of weed wild
gardens, of acres of pitiful barrenness.”
 Between 1865 and 1877 the federal government
implemented reconstruction which was a program to
repair the damage to the South and restore southern
states to the Union.
 This program was extremely controversial.
RECONSTRUCTION DISCUSSION
The debate over Reconstruction centered
around three issues:
1. Under what terms were the former
Confederate States to be readmitted to the
Union, and who should establish those terms –
Congress or the President?
2. Who should be punished for the rebellion and
how?
3. What was to be done, if anything, to aid the
newly freed slaves?
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RECONSTRUCTION STATION ACTIVIT Y
 To learn about Reconstruction in the post -Civil War U.S., you are
going to complete a station activity.
 The class will be divided into three groups and each group will start
at a different station.
 At each station there is a different activity/lesson with regards to
reconstruction:
 Lincoln vs. Johnson’s Reconstruction Plans
 Reconstruction Vocabulary – new laws & programs
 Emergence of the KKK
 You will fill out the worksheet as you go – these are your notes so
make sure everything is accurate. Also, make sure you read each
station thoroughly – you are teaching yourself!
 Do NOT move ahead….. Follow all directions!
RECONSTRUCTION GROUPS
Period 4
1. Charlie, Jordan, Naomi,
Sarita
2. Cole, Nate, Cassie,
Megan, Danny L.
3. Max, Cheyenne, Danny
P, Marco, Kaci
Period 5
1. Tanner, Jade, Ana,
Giancarlo, Matt
2. Julie, Robbie, Bryn,
Sara, Tevin
3. Meaghan, Mackenzie,
Lily, Olivia, Keana