The Civil War and Reconstruction Last Chapter This Chapter: Next Chapter Ch. 16 and 17 The Civil War and Reconstruction Ch. 15 A Nation Divided + Chapter 16: The Civil War (7th grade) Ch. 18 Americans Move West 1861-1868 Pgs 508-572 Is about: When compromise between the North and South failed, the United States was divided by war. In Chapter 16, you will continue to learn about how the American Civil War tested the strength of the bond between the states. During the Civil War, Americans fought each other on the battlefields and in government. Eventually the nation was reunited, but deep scars remained. In Chapter 17, you will learn about the rebuilding of the South after the war came to an end. Essential Questions for the Chapter: What were the causes of the Civil War? What were the stats of the war? (Review from 7th grade) What was Lincoln’s “Emancipation Proclamation” and what effects did it have on the United States? How did the war come to an end and what were the costs to America? What was Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan? How did Johnson become President? What was President Johnson’s \Reconstruction plan? What hurdles did African Americans face as the South attempted to rebuild? Key Vocabulary: Question 1 Sectionalism States Rights Slavery (Compromise of 1850 , Kansas-Nebraska Act, Fugitive Slave Act, Dred Scott Decision) Union v. Confederacy Jefferson Davis Abraham Lincoln Question 3 Sherman’s March to Sea Appomattox Courthouse Question 6 Black codes poll tax segregation Jim Crow laws Klux Klan sharecropping Plessy vs. Ferguson Question 4+5 Reconstruction Ten Percent Plan Wade-Davis Bill 13th, 14th, 15th amendment Freedman’s Bureau Lincoln’s assassination John Wilkes Booth carpetbaggers scalawags Reconstruction Acts Question 2 emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address 2 weeks Quiz on Class Expectations: _____ Ch. 17 Quiz: ______ Ch. 16 + 17 Test: ______