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1 The War and Reconstruction

2 The war and reconstruction resulted in southern ____toward the north.

3 Resentment

4 It also caused problems for___?

5 Southern African Americans

6 The war ultimately led to the political, economic, and social control of the south by_____?

7 Whites

8 Economic and political gains of former slaves was only____?

9 Temporary

10 Impact of the war and reconstruction

11 Political Effects

12 Lincoln’s view that the United States was one nation indivisible had____?

13 Prevailed

14 How did Lincoln feel about secession?

15 Felt it was illegal

16 If the governments were illegal then Lincoln also felt that the states?

17 Had never left the Union.

18 Lincoln felt restoring the Union would be easy. Requirement?

19 State governments’ loyalty to the Union

20 Lincoln also believed to unify the Union there was no need to ___the south.

21 Punish

22 He felt this was necessary in order to ____the nations wounds.

23 Heal

24 Lincoln’s assassination left reconstruction up to the_____?

25 Radical Republicans

26 The Radical Republicans wanted to _____the Confederate States.

27 Punish

28 The states that seceded were not allowed back into the Union immediately. But put under ____ ____?

29 Military Reconstruction

30 The Radical Republicans believed in immediate voting and civil rights for _______?

31 Former slaves

32 President _____will assume the presidency after Lincoln was assassinated?

33 President Johnson

34 President Johnson and the Radical republicans argued constantly over_____?

35 Civil Rights

36 Due to their differences the Radical Republicans _________him.

37 Impeach

38 Were they able to remove him from office?

39 NO

40 How close did they come to removing him from office?

41 One Vote

42 During this period of time the Civil War amendments were added to the constitution. What were they?

43 13th, 14th and 15th

44 The thirteenth?

45 Abolished Slavery

46 The Fourteenth?

47 Granted Citizenship(equal rights under the law for any American)

48 The Fifteenth?

49 Voting Rights were guaranteed(regardless of race ,color or previous condition of servitude) (former slave)

50 Economic and social impact

51 Condition of Southern cities and farms?

52 Cities?

53 Richmond and Atlanta lay in ruin
Richmond and Atlanta lay in ruin. Businesses were destroyed as well as homes etc.

54 Rural Areas?

55 Farms and fields were burned
Farms and fields were burned. Live stock was destroyed or used by the Union.

56 Future impact on the Southern States?

57 The South would remain an agriculture-based economy and the poorest section of the nation for many years.

58 Economically what was happening in the North and the Midwestern sections of the country?

59 Both emerged strong industrially

60 This laid the foundation for?

61 The Industrial Revolution

62 The United States will emerge as a?

63 Global economic power beginning in the 20th century.

64 WESTWARD MOVEMENT

65 What two water boundaries marked the area of western expansion?

66 Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean

67 Years just before and after the Civil War were known as the era of the American____ ?

68 Cowboy

69 How did the cowboy get the cattle to market?

70 Long cattle drives over unfenced land.

71 What brought about the end of the open ranges?

72 The invention of barbed wire

73 What did the west have to offer many people?

74 A chance to rebuild their lives and start anew.

75 Many ___and____move west to seek new opportunities?

76 Freed slaves and southerners

77 In 1862 the U.S. government gave away land in the west to those willing to settle there. What was the name of the act?

78 Homestead

79 IMMIGRATION

80 Before 1871, most immigrants came to the United States from what parts of Europe?

81 Northern and Western Europe

82 What were some of the countries?

83 England, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden

84 From 1871 to 1921 the majority of immigrants came from___?

85 Southern and Eastern Europe

86 What were some of the countries?

87 Italy ,Greece, Poland, Russia, Hungary,and Yugoslavia

88 Many immigrants also came from these two Asian countries?

89 China and Japan

90 Immigrants made valuable contributions to the _____growth of the country.

91 Industrial

92 The Chinese were very instrumental in the construction of the______Railroad.

93 Transcontinental

94 Immigrants worked in the textile mills in the ____and in the clothing industries in ____?

95 Northeast and New York City

96 Slavs, Italians, and Poles worked in the ____mines in the east?

97 Coal

98 Most immigrants worked for very___wages and in very _____working conditions.

99 Low and dangerous

100 Accepting the beliefs and Cultures of other Americans was known as?

101 Assimilation

102 Because of all the different types of people coming into the United States it became known as the___?

103 Melting Pot

104 How did the immigrants settle in the cities?

105 With their own ethnic group.

106 The public ____played an essential role in the process of assimilation.

107 Schools

108 Despite their many contributions the immigrants still faced many______?

109 PREJUDICES

110 Many of the prejudices were based upon____and_____?

111 Religious and Cultural differences.

112 Because of much tension and mounting resentment, Congress passed the_____?

113 The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

114 And later in 1921?

115 Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

116 These two pieces of legislation will bring immigration to a standstill for the next couple of decades.


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