1. Unit 3: Civil War

2. Surrender at Appomattox
While Sherman (Union) marched toward the sea, Grant (Union) & Lee (Confederate) fought bitterly
Grant captures the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia on April 3, 1865
Grant
Lee

3. Surrender at Appomattox
April 9: Surrender agreement made
Terms:
Officers could keep their weapons and horses
All troops could return home peacefully – no punishment for the rebellion

4. Assassination of President Lincoln
Lincoln elected to his second term in 1864
April 14, 1865, he is assassinated at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC
John Wilkes Booth
Believed he was saving the Confederacy

5. Assassination of President Lincoln
Most of America, even the South, was shocked
Northerners blamed Southerners and wanted the South punished
Vice President Andrew Johnson takes over
Tension between North & South extremely high

6. Reconstruction
A period of rebuilding (especially the South) & reorganization
thousands of former slaves suddenly found themselves free individuals
Much of what happened during this time will set the stage for race relations that continue today

7. # African-Americans in Congress
Years
# African-Americans in Congress 15 2 4 3 5 1 7 21
2016 44
What do you notice? Why do you think this happened?

8. Segregation System of racial “etiquette”
Keeps oppressed group separate from oppressor when both are doing equal tasks, but allows closeness when the tasks are unequal
Ex: when learning the multiplication tables, schools must be separated, but when cooking or cleaning for white employers, black Americans can be in the same households
Segregation thus implies that the oppressed people are inferior

9. Objectives What happened after the Civil War?
Why did it take 100+ years for black Americans to get equal rights?

10. Think. Pair. Share. “And Not This Man?” August 5, 1865
Colored Rule in a Reconstructed(?) State
March 14, 1874

11. James Loewen Professor of Sociology at University of Vermont
Research with the Smithsonian Institute
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Q: What happened during Reconstruction?

12. Lies My Teacher Told Me
Carefully read the selection from Loewen’s book
Use the questions to find the key pieces of information
Answer the questions as you read