WHY DID THE SOUTH LOSE THE CIVIL WAR?WHY DID THE SOUTH LOSE THE CIVIL WAR?

Daily Quote &Question (DQ2)

“It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.”

-ROBERT E. LEE

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SONGS FOR THE DAY: 1. REUNITED

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“It is good that

war is so

horrible, or we might

grow to like it.”

-ROBERT E. LEE

“It is good that

war is so

horrible, or we might

grow to like it.”

-ROBERT E. LEE

SONG FOR THE DAY: REUNITED

Daily Comment & Card

WADE-DAVIS BILL

-Proposal to reunite the country by Senators Wade & Davis-Required 50 percent of a state’s white male voters to take a loyalty oath-Lincoln “pocket-vetoed” the bill in favor of his 10% plan that allowed much quicker restoration (required only 10% of a states citizens take oath of loyalty before state government formed)

1863-1864

“It is good that

war is so

horrible, or we might

grow to like it.”

-ROBERT E. LEE

“It is good that

war is so

horrible, or we might

grow to like it.”

-ROBERT E. LEE

SONG FOR THE DAY: LET’S STAY TOGETHER

Daily Comment & Card

CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS

-Thirteenth (1865) abolished slavery in the U.S.-Fourteenth (1868) African Americans became citizens and could not be denied life, liberty, or property without due process-Fifteenth (1870) No state could deny the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

1865-1870

“It is good that

war is so

horrible, or we might

grow to like it.”

-ROBERT E. LEE

“It is good that

war is so

horrible, or we might

grow to like it.”

-ROBERT E. LEE

SONG FOR THE DAY: REUNITED

Daily Comment & Card

WADE-DAVIS BILL

CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS

-Proposal to reunite the country by Senators Wade & Davis-Required 50 percent of a state’s white male voters to take a loyalty oath-Lincoln “pocket-vetoed” the bill in favor of his 10% plan that allowed much quicker restoration (required only 10% of a states citizens take oath of loyalty before state government formed)

-Thirteenth (1865) abolished slavery in the U.S.-Fourteenth (1868) African Americans became citizens and could not be denied life, liberty, or property without due process-Fifteenth (1870) No state could deny the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

1863-1864 1865-1870

The Rebuilding of the South; Restoring the

Southern states to the Union.

Begins during the war and

ends with the Compromise of

1877

The effects of the war…THE UNION IS PRESERVED

SLAVERY IS ABOLISHED

½ MILLION SOLDIERS DIED

SOUTHERN FARMS AND CITIES IN RUINS

1/3 OF THE MEN IN

THE SOUTH

LINCOLN’S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION:

10% PLAN

When:-10% swear allegiance

-a new state constitution is adopted, when they -13th amendment ratified

it’s over…

Pardons for Confederates who swear allegiance and accept the 13th

amendment

RADICAL REPUBLICANS THOUGHT IT WAS WAY TOO LENIENT!!

B. FIGHTING FOR CONTROL

JOHNSON

REMOVED THE 10% REQUIREMENT, PARDONED

LEADERS OF THE CONFEDERACY..

POWER STRUGGLE WITH CONGRESS!!

WHEN JOHNSON FIRES STANTON, THE CONGRESS MOVES FOR IMPEACHMENT...

JOHNSON KEEPS HIS OFFICE BY ONE VOTE, BUT THE POWER SHIFTS FROM THE PRESIDENCY TO CONGRESS AND THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS…

U.S. Grant is elected in 1868 and then again in 1872.

FREEDMEN’S BUREAU

HELPED SET UP AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. WORKED

TO LEGALIZE MARRIAGES.

BUILT SCHOOLS, PROVIDED CLOTHING & MEALS, PROVIDED

MEDICINE…

CARPETBAGGERS: NORTHERNERS WHO MOVED IN TO THE SOUTH TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY DURING RECONSTRUCTION

SCALAWAGS: SOUTHERNERS WHO SUPPPORTED

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES

HOW DID THE SOUTH ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE

PRE-WAR CULTURE?

SOCIALLY

BLACK CODES LICENSING VAGRANCY

LAWS JIM CROW LAWS

C. PRESERVING SOUTHERN CULTURE

BLACK CODES RESTRICT THE

ACTIVITIES OF FREED SLAVES

LICENSING KEEPS FREED SLAVES FROM OBTAINING WORK OTHER THAN THAT DONE WHEN THEY WERE

SLAVES: AGRICULTURAL OR DOMESTIC ONLY

VAGRACY LAWS MAKE IT EASY TO ARREST AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR DOING NOTHING…

JIM CROW LAWS KEEP THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN RACES SEPARATE…

HOW DID THE SOUTH ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE

PRE-WAR CULTURE?

SOCIALLY

ECONOMICALLY

BLACK CODES LICENSING VAGRANCY

LAWSSHARECROPPING

TENANT FARMERS

SHARECROPPING REPLACES TRADITIONAL SLAVERY WITH “ECONOMIC SLAVERY”

TENANT FARMING (RENTING FARMLAND) KEEPS FREED SLAVES IN THE SAME PLACES THEY HAD

WORKED AS SLAVES.

SHARECROPPERS GAVE UP 2/5 OF THEIR CROPS TO THE LAND OWNER…

HOW DID THE SOUTH ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE

PRE-WAR CULTURE?

SOCIALLY

ECONOMICALLY

POLITICALLY

BLACK CODES LICENSING

VAGRANCY LAWS

SHARECROPPING TENANT

FARMERSKU KLUX

KLAN

THE KKK WAS ORGANIZED BY X-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS TO TRY AND KEEP AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM REALIZING AND UTILIZING THEIR RIGHTS…

THEY WERE A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT TRIED TO CONTOL FREED SLAVES

AND KEEP THEM “IN THEIR PLACE.”

SAME ACTIVITIES, DIFFERENT NAMES: PALE FACES, KNIGHTS OF THE WHITE CAMELIA…

FORREST GUMP’S MOMMA NAMED HIM AFTER NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST.

E. THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION

THE ELECTION OF 1876 CAUSED PROBLEMS…

SAMUEL J. TILDEN (DEMOCRAT)

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (REPUBLICAN)

DISPUTED VOTES THROW THE ELECTION INTO THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES…

IN THE COMPROMISE OF 1877, HAYES IS GIVEN THE PRESIDENCY IN

RETURN FOR THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH

WHY WOULD THE NORTH AGREE?

PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE WAR AND SACRIFICE

SCANDALS HAUNT THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION

CORRUPT SOUTHERN GOVERNMENTS

AMERICA HAS A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN

RESULTS OF RECONSTRUCTIONSUCCESS FAILURE

UNION IS RESTORED AND SOUTH IS REBUILT

BITTERNESS DEVELOPS BETWEEN NORTH & SOUTH

SOUTHERN ECONOMY IS STIMULATED RACIST ATTITUDES IN BOTH NORTH & SOUTH

AFRICAN-AMERICAN HAVE CITIZENSHIP SOUTH DENIES AFRICAN-AMERICANS THE VOTE

AFRICAN-AMERICANS FAMILIES GET HOUSING, JOBS, SCHOOLING

FREED SLAVES ABANDONED WITH END OF RECONSTRUCTION

SOUTHERN STATES REJOIN CONGRESS AS EQUAL

DEMOCRATS RETURN TO POWER WITH “SOLID SOUTH”

INDUSTRY & CITIES ON THE RISE AFRICAN-AMERICANS LACK PROPERTY/ECO OPPORTUNITY

ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION INCREASES

SEGREGATION BECOMES THE NORM

F.

FREED

VOTE

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