1. Radical Reconstruction

2. Focus Activity ASK STUDENTS… Describe this photograph.
When and where do you think this picture was taken? Why do you think this?
What were 3 things you think people living in this setting did in the years following this photograph?

3. The Civil War,

4. The Civil War,
Fought between the United States and the Confederate States of America
Caused primarily by slavery in the Southern states and states’ rights
The United States defeated the Confederate States of America

5. Major questions following the Civil War
How to rebuild the South
How to bring Southern states back to the United States
How to bring former slaves into the United States as free people

6. Re-building the South
Over 1 million Americans lost their lives during the Civil War:
664,928 Northern casualties
483,286 Southern casualties
After 4 years of war, could Northerners and Southerners rebuild together? Could they become unified as citizens of the same country?

7. Consequences for Confederate States
Should people who fought against the United States be allowed to become citizens? Should they be punished?
What should be done to Southern state governments that fought against the U.S.?

8. Freedmen
How would freed men and women be treated in the Southern states?
What do you think were some of the major challenges faced by former slaves?
At the end of the Civil War, there were hundreds of thousands former slaves living in the former Confederate States.