1. Civil War 101
September 6, 2016

2. U.S. Constitution???
Supreme Law of the Land
State Governments
Deals with laws within a state
Federal Government
Deal with Taxes, Federal Budget, coin $$$, Military, Treaties, & FEDERAL laws
Federal Government HOLDS AUTHORITY
All federal laws outweigh state laws
Who decides LAWS in Federal Gov’t?
Senate (2) and House of Reps (Population)
2 Senators in EVERY STATE
House of Reps based on POPULATION
ANYTHING not specifically assigned to FEDERAL government in the Constitution…GOES to STATES (10th Amendment)
Example: education; marriage
UNLESS, the federal government passes an AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT: Change to the Constitution

3. More than 3 million fought in war Deadliest war
Civil War Facts
1861 – 1865
April 12, 1861: Civil War starts in Fort Sumter, SC when SOUTH fires on the NORTH
More than 3 million fought in war
Deadliest war
620,000 died/ 2% of population
Today: Population 300 million
2% of population would equal 6 million
No DOG TAGS
Why so many deaths?
New weapons (300 yards)
Railroads
Disease (killed twice as many)
Period 5 and 9 stop here

4. Civil War Review/ Reconstruction September 8, 2016

5. Union States: 23 (5 border states)
Confederate States: 11
Union States: 23 (5 border states)
Border State: SLAVE state that did NOT leave UNION
Border States: Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, & West Virginia
Deadliest Battle – Battle at Antietam
23,000 died in 1 day
Up until 1863: SOUTH WINNING the war
Turning Point: Battle at Gettysburg
July 1 – July 3 (1863)
November 1863: Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address
“Four score & Seven Years ago…”
January 1865: 13th Amendment ratified by Congress
Ratify: APPROVE
13th Amendment: Abolish (get rid) SLAVERY
Period 5 stop at 4 score & 7…period 9 stop here

6. March 1865: Lincoln wins a 2nd term as U.S. President
April 9, 1865: Civil War ends
South surrenders to North
April 15, 1865: Abraham Lincoln assassinated
New President: Andrew Johnson
Challenges after Civil War over???
Land destroyed
Freed slaves???
Change beliefs/ get along
Should South be punished?
What needs to happen for AMENDMENT???
2/3 Congress (already done – January 1865)
3/4 States (NEED)
36 states (NEED _______ states)
Period 5 – stop at reconstruction

7. What amendment abolished slavery? What is the Constitution?
DO NOW PERIOD 9
WRITE ON SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER & KEEP AT DESK WHEN FINISHED…YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE
What amendment abolished slavery?
What is the Constitution?
What is an amendment?
In what state did the Civil War start?
What was the bloodiest/ deadliest battle of the Civil War?
How many Senators are in every state?
What does RATIFY mean?

8. Reconstruction September 13, 2016

9. Process of bringing South back into Union
Reconstruction
Process of bringing South back into Union
Freedman’s Bureau: agency designed to aid freed slaves (and poor Southerners)
Food/ healthcare/ education/ jobs
Reunite families separated by slavery
Lincoln assassinated
New President: Andrew Johnson (Democrat)
Forgive southerners if they pledge allegiance to U.S.
If Accept 13th Amendment (end slavery), allowed to create state laws
Get state gov’t back
RADICAL REPUBLICANS in Congress did NOT agree with Johnson’s plan (too lenient/ need to be harsher on South)
Johnson & Radicals in Congress CLASH
1868: Congress vote to impeach Johnson
IMPEACH: accuse gov’t official of WRONGDOING
Missed by 1 vote

10. DO NOW – Period 9 Write answers on separate sheet of paper
What was the process to bring the South back into the Union?
Who was elected President in 1868?
What amendment granted citizenship to EVERYONE born in the U.S.?
What agency was designed to aid freed slaves?
What did the 13th amendment do?
What does it mean to accuse a gov’t official of wrongdoing?
Who was President after Lincoln was assassinated?
What amendment granted all men the right to vote?

11. Reconstruction Continued… September 14, 2016

12. November 1868: Ulysses S. Grant elected U.S. President
Union general in Civil War
REPUBLICAN
South divided into 5 military districts
Each district under the command of UNION generals
Each southern district ordered to give African American MEN right to vote
1868: 14th Amendment passed (grant citizenship to EVERYONE born in U.S.)
1870: 15th Amendment (all MEN, regardless of color, right to vote)