Warm-Up 2/4/16 In your notebook, answer the following questions in 4-5 complete sentences. You can use your devices. What does Emancipation Proclamation mean? When did it happen?

Learning Target: Success Criteria We will re-examine the importance and significance of the Civil War and Reconstruction Success Criteria I will create a timeline of events before, during, and after the Civil War/Reconstruction.

Reconstruction Stations Wrap-up You will have 6-8 minutes to finish the last couple of stations Work with your group too find the Main Idea, Important Details, Significance, and if it is Political/Social/Economic

Civil War – Reconstruction Review The South secedes (leaves) the Union and creates their own government/country called the Confederacy Civil War: 1861-1865 North: Union Army South: Confederate Army Sam Houston disagreed with joining the Confederacy and he was kicked out of office

Civil War Begins The Civil War begins in April 1861 at Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina Confederate forces fire on a Union fort in the harbor and war begins Beauregard vs. Anderson – Friends yet enemies

Battle of Galveston Union ships blockaded Texas ports. Cotton was transported through Mexico and sent to Europe in exchange for war supplies. In October 1862 Union forces attacked and captured Galveston. Texas Confederate forces retook Galveston in January 1863.

Texans Defend Sabine Pass Confederate soldiers defeated Union forces at Sabine Pass. Dick Dowling and the Davis Guards played a major role by capturing 350 soldiers and two boats. The Battle of Sabine Pass was an important Confederate victory, foiling the Union’s major campaign against Texas.

Battle of Palmito Ranch General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865. The last land battle of the Civil War took place on May 13, 1865, at Palmito Ranch, near Brownsville. Texans learned from their prisoners that Lee had surrendered a month earlier.

Reconstruction 1865-1877 What is Reconstruction? The period at the end of the Civil War when Southern states were brought back into the Union It also involved the rebuilding of areas that had been destroyed by warfare.

Juneteenth On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, General Gordon Granger landed in Galveston and declared all enslaved Texans were free. This day became known as Juneteenth—the day African Americans in Texas received freedom…it has since become an annual celebration in Texas.

13th Amendment Ratified in December, 1865. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The Freedmen’s Bureau Assists Texans It operated for 5 years by: Helping them find jobs. Issuing food and clothing to the sick, aged, and poor. Establishing the first public schools in Texas for African American children. Many southerners accused the Freedmen’s Bureau agents of meddling in local matters, wasting taxpayers’ money, and strengthening the Republican Party.

Radical Republicans Take Charge The Radical Republicans took control of Reconstruction; and disagreed with Lincoln and Johnson’s plans. They pushed a plan to set stricter standards for readmitting Southern states to the Union and that would protect the freedom of African Americans in the South.

Southerners Oppose Reconstruction Southern white supporters of Reconstruction were called scalawags. Northerners who often came to the South for political and economic gain were called carpetbaggers. Both were Unionists.

Black Codes Purpose: Guarantee stable labor supply now that blacks were emancipated. Placed limitations on African American Less jobs, no voting, poor education, etc. Forced many blacks to become sharecroppers [tenant farmers].

14th Amendment Ratified in July, 1868. Provide a constitutional guarantee of the rights and security of freed people. Free African Americans are now citizens of the United States

15th Amendment Ratified in 1870. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Women’s rights groups were furious that they were not granted the vote!

Constitution of 1876 Long and detailed, to limit the options available to officials. Weak powers for governors Limits on legislatures Detailed judicial provisions Overly specific provisions for local government, especially county governments Had to accept the 13th amendment in order to be part of the Union

Reconstruction Quiz Put everything away and get ready for the quiz

Warm-Up 2/3/16 In your notebook, explain about one of the stations you had yesterday about the Reconstruction in 4-5 complete sentences.

Reconstruction Stations You will have 8-10 minutes at each station Work with your group too find the Main Idea, Important Details, Significance, and if it is Political/Social/Economic

Exit Ticket Rate the issues or events that you have done for today from Most Important to Least Important Explain why you rated the events or issues the way you did.

Warm-Up 2/2/16 In your notebook, answer the following question in 3-5 complete sentences. What is reconstruction?

Learning Target: Success Criteria We will analyze the political, economic, and social effects of Reconstruction in Texas Success Criteria I will explain the political, economical and social effects of Reconstruction

Reconstruction What is Reconstruction? The period at the end of the Civil War when Southern states were brought back into the Union It also involved the rebuilding of areas that had been destroyed by warfare.

Reconstruction After the Civil War, the president and Congress began the work of Reconstruction to restore the Southern states to the Union. Texas suffered from economic difficulties and divisions created by the war. After President Lincoln was assassinated, President Johnson set up provisional governments in all of the Confederate states until they were readmitted to the Union.

Reconstruction b. Much of the South lay in ruins, though Texas had largely been spared. Many people were without food and shelter, and the differences between the North and South remained.

Two Presidential Plans Before his death, President Lincoln wanted a moderate policy of Reconstruction—one “with malice toward none, and charity for all”. HIS GOAL? – UNITY! Andrew Johnson, the new president, continued this plan and set up a provisional government in each southern state and appointed officers until the state was readmitted to the Union.

Two Presidential Plans To be readmitted to the Union, each southern state had to abolish slavery and nullify, or cancel, its ordinance of secession. To regain their right to vote, southern citizens had to take an oath of allegiance to the United States.

Reconstruction Stations You will have 8-10 minutes at each station Work with your group too find the Main Idea, Important Details, Significance, and if it is Political/Social/Economic

Exit Ticket Rate the issues or events that you have done for today from Most Important to Least Important Explain why you rated the events or issues the way you did.