1. Why did Lee have to surrender at Appomattox?
Takedown
Why did Lee have to surrender at Appomattox?

2. Process used to readmit Confederate states into the Union
RECONSTRUCTION
HOW DO YOU REBUILD A COUNTRY THAT HAS JUST KILLED 620,000 OF ITS OWN MEN?
Process used to readmit Confederate states into the Union

3. Election of 1864
With the success that Sherman was having with his total war campaign on his “March to the Sea,” Lincoln used the momentum to get re-elected.
His focus would be to bring the south back into the Union.
His second focus would be to try and get Congress to end SLAVERY.

4. 13th Amendment
Lasting legacy of Lincoln is the fact that he used a law to end slavery forever.
Huge struggle to get the votes in Congress, but it passed.
With a victory almost at hand, with the fall of Richmond the focus moved to bring the Confederate States back into the union.

5. Lincoln Assassinated

6. Andrew Johnson A southerner from Tennessee replaced Lincoln.
He had his own ideas about Reconstruction
He didn’t agree with the Radical Republicans who dominated both Houses of Congress, thus they controlled Reconstruction

7. Put these events in the chronological order?
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Put these events in the chronological order?
Antietam
Appomattox
Gettysburg
Bull Run
New Orleans
Petersburg
Vicksburg
Black Codes
Emancipation Proclamation
Freedman’s Bureau
Homestead Act
KKK
Reconstruction
Total War
Lincoln Assassinated

8. Rebuilding Brings Conflict
Southerners were afraid of the now 4 Million freed slaves and the interaction that would take place with them.
Black Codes: Laws passed by Southern states that limited the freedom of former slaves

9. Carpetbaggers Northerners who went to the South after the war.
Investing and buying up things cheap in order to gain economic & political power.
They had money and that’s what the south needed.

10. Freedman’s Bureau Organized by Lincoln
Built schools, reunited families, provided food and clothing for former slaves
FBI= Freedman’s
Bureau of
Independence

11. Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Many Southerners were bitter.
They created a secret organization in 1866 to intimidate the freedmen.
Encouraged racism, hatred and discrimination towards the former slaves.
Used terrorism tactics.

12. Reconstruction Amendments
Declared all persons born in the U.S. (except N.A.) as citizens
Johnson vetoed the bill
Congress voted to repeal the veto
Bill became law.

13. 14th Amendment Citizenship to all African Americans
Equal protection under the law to all citizens
President Johnson did not support it.

14. 15th Amendment
Guaranteed voting rights to African American men.

15. Johnson Impeached 1867: Tenure of Office Act
Pres. Could not fire gov. officials w/o Senate approval
Johnson fired his Sec. of War anyway
House of Reps. voted to impeach the President 3 days later
Differed w/ Radical Rep. in Congress on how to reconstruct the South
His plan of Restoration wasn’t enough and they wanted him out.
He stayed but lost power.

16. Grant Takes Office
In 1868 Grant became president with the support of the Radical Republicans
He got 700,000 votes from the freed African Americans that rose above the intimidation of the KKK, to cast their vote...
Reconstruction would slowly but surely rebuild the South for the next 10 years.

17. How many Americans died fighting in the Civil War?
Takedown
How many Americans died fighting in the Civil War?

18. UNIT VI Study Guide People Booth Davis Battles Antietam Farragut
Grant
Johnson
Lee
Lincoln
Meade
Pickett
Sherman
UNIT VI Study Guide
Battles
Antietam
Appomattox
Gettysburg
New Orleans
Petersburg
Vicksburg
Black Codes
Border States
Carpet Baggers
Diseases
Emancipation
Proclamation
Freedman’s
Bureau
Homestead Act
KKK
Reconstruction
Technology
Total War

19. Takedown What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments do for African Americans?

20. Civil War Assignments Note Guides: Civil War I Civil War II
Reconstruction
Worksheets:
Technology Graphic Org.,
Civil War Timeline,
CH. 11 sec 1 Resources, Strategies & Early Battles,
Ch. 11 sec 3 Life During War
Ch. 12 The Politics of Reconstruction
Tragedy at Ford Theater
Map:
Major Battles of the Civil War
Takedowns/Pinners
Study Guide