CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION TEST

THE CIVIL WAR Union/NorthPresident: Commander: Abe Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant

THE CIVIL WAR Confederacy/ South President: Commander: Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee

CIVIL WAR Fort Sumter Antietam Gettysburg Confederate attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War Lincoln used victory to issue Emancipation Proclamation Turning point in the war, Gettysburg Address

CIVIL WAR Vicksburg Sherman’s March Appomattox Courthouse Union victory divides Confederacy into 2 parts Total warfare used to destroy cities and farms in the South Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the war

LINCOLN’S SPEECHES 1 st Inaugural Address Emancipation Proclamation Save the Union, avoided mentioning slavery Encouraged African American to fight, strengthen the military, shifted focus of war to slavery

LINCOLN’S SPEECHES Gettysburg Address 2 nd inaugural Address Finest words expressing democracy where ALL men are created equal Stated slavery was the cause of the war

CIVIL WAR “All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.” -President Lincoln, 2 nd Inaugural Address, Circle every time you see the word interest in the quote 2.True or False: the quote states that the “interest” is the cause of the war. 1. Circle “restrict the territorial enlargement of it” 2.By using what you circled and what you know is true of the causes of the Civil War, what is the “Interest” that the quote is referring to? True Slavery

RECONSTRUCTION 12. What is reconstruction 13. The South was in bad shape after the war. Give 3 examples. Time of rebuilding in the South 1.Railroad, farms, and homes destroyed 2.Bank failures in South 3.Confederate money was worthless

RECONSTRUCTION 14. Chart for Reconstruction Plans Lincoln’s PlanAndrew Johnson’s Plan Radical Reconstruction Plan 10% Plan that was easy on the South Wanted to model his plan after Lincoln’s Harsh plan used to punish the South

RECONSTRUCTION 15. Explain the Amendments 13 th 14 th 15th Freed SlavesMade freed slaves citizens Gave right to vote to all free men

RECONSTRUCTION TERMS Black Codes Sharecropping Hiram Rhodes Revel Forbade freedmen from voting, owning guns, serving on juries Poor whites and former slaves, “rent” from land owners, high prices for rent caused a cycle of debt First black Senator

Divide your blank piece of paper into 3 sections. Label each section as 13 th, 14 th, or 15 th Amendment. Write a sentence, in your own words, describing each amendment. Draw, color, and outline a picture representing each amendment. 13 TH Amendment Sentence 14 TH Amendment Sentence