1. Post- Civil War: Reconstruction

2. What economic impact did the Civil War have on the South?

3. What economic impact did the Civil War have on the South?
ANSWER!
Devastation-- farms, railroads, factories, homes, etc.
destroyed throughout the South.
Cities like Richmond & Atlanta lay in ruins.

4. What long term economic impact did
the Civil War have on the South?

5. What long term economic impact did
the Civil War have on the South?
ANSWER!
South would remain an agriculture-based economy
and the poorest section of the nation for many decades

6. What economic impact did the Civil War
have on the North and Midwest?

7. What economic impact did the Civil War
have on the North and Midwest?
ANSWER!
Strong industrial economy, laid foundation for
industrialization in the next half-century and
emergence of U.S. as global economic power

8. What political impact did the Civil War have on the nation?

9. What political impact did the Civil War have on the nation?
ANSWER!
Test of federalism, federal government maintains supremacy.
Abraham Lincoln’s view that the U.S. was
one nation, indivisible prevailed.

10. What social impact did the Civil War have on the nation?

11. What social impact did the Civil War have on the nation?
ANSWER!
600,000 Americans died. Southerners were left
embittered by their losses. Questions remained
about how to put the nation back together, socially,
economically and politically
Dead at Antietam

12. What was Reconstruction?

13. What was Reconstruction?
ANSWER!
The period of bringing the southern states back into the Union
and rebuilding after the Civil War ( )

14. What were 5 things that needed to be
“rebuilt” after the Civil War?

15. What were 5 things that needed to be “rebuilt” after the Civil War?
ANSWER!
Southern economy Status of newly freed slaves
Southern infrastructure Southern states (readmitted to union)
Trust between North and South

16. How did Abraham Lincoln believe the
South should be treated after the Civil War?

17. How did Abraham Lincoln’s believe the
South should be treated after the Civil War?
ANSWER!
No punishment;
“with malice towards none,
with charity for all…to bind
up the nation’s wounds”

18. How did Lincoln view the political Reconstruction of the nation?

19. How did Lincoln view the political Reconstruction of the nation?
ANSWER!
Reconstruction was a matter of
quickly restoring legitimate state
governments that were loyal to
the Union.

20. Why did Lincoln view Reconstruction as a quick process?

21. Why did Lincoln view Reconstruction as a quick process?
ANSWER!
Secession was illegal;
Confederate states
had never really left the Union.

22. What happened to Lincoln just a few days
after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox?

23. What happened to Lincoln just a few days
after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox?
ANSWER!
Assassinated at Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth

24. Lincoln’s Funeral Procession

25. What impact did the assassination of
Lincoln have on Reconstruction?

26. What impact did the assassination of
Lincoln have on Reconstruction?
ANSWER!
It allowed the Radical Republicans to influence Reconstruction
in a way more punitive towards the former Confederate states.

27. How did the Radical Republicans believe the
South should be treated after the Civil War?

28. How did the Radical Republicans believe the
South should be treated after the Civil War?
ANSWER!
South should be punished;seceded states
were not allowed back into the Union
immediately--put under military occupation
(Federal troops were sent to the South)

29. What did the Radical Republicans
want to do for former slaves?

30. What did the Radical Republicans
what to do for former slaves?
ANSWER!
Guarantee voting rights and other
civil rights
Reform southern society

31. What were the
3 “Civil War Amendments”
to the Constitution?

32. What were the
3 “Civil War Amendments”
to the Constitution?
ANSWER!
13th- Abolished slavery
14th- States prohibited
from denying equal rights
(former slaves given citizenship)
15th- Voting rights guaranteed
regardless of “race, color, or
previous condition of servitude”
(former male slaves)

33. Who did the Radical Republicans
clash with in their push
for Civil Rights?

34. With whom did the Radical
Republicans clash in their push for Civil Rights?
ANSWER!
President,
Andrew Johnson—
Democrat and
successor to Lincoln
The“freedmen’s bureau”
(est. to help former slaves)
was not supported by
Johnson.

35. What did the Radical Republicans do
to President Andrew Johnson?

36. What did the Radical Republicans do
to President Andrew Johnson?
ANSWER!
Impeached him! (formally charged him with misconduct).
Failed by one vote to remove him from office.

37. What ended Reconstruction?

38. What ended Reconstruction?
ANSWER!
Extremely close election of 1876 and the
Compromise of 1877– in return for the White House,
Republicans agreed to end military occupation in the South

39. What was the impact
of the Compromise of 1877?

40. What was the impact
of the Compromise of 1877?
ANSWER!
It was obvious that Re-
construction had failed
to permanently give former
slaves their civil rights;
former Confederates
controlled the Democratic
Party and regained
power in the South; they
continued to keep African
Americans in conditions
that prevented them from
experiencing civil rights.

41. In what ways was Reconstruction successful?

42. In what ways was Reconstruction successful?
The 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments were passed, giving rights to African Americans
Schools were established to educate African Americans
African Americans established churches and civic organizations

43. What were some failures of Reconstruction?

44. What were some failures of Reconstruction?
ANSWER!
African Americans in the South were
denied the full rights of American citizenship;
segregation was promoted; white supremacy groups
were established to terrorize blacks

45. African Americans would continue
to be deprived
of their
CIVIL RIGHTS
for almost
another century.

46. Some would try to do something about it!

47. What was the Exoduster Movement?

48. Exoduster Movement
As a result of conditions in the South during the era of Reconstruction, many former slaves felt the “push” to leave the South and the “pull” to come to other regions of the country, like Kansas!
People like Pap Singleton would help thousands of African Americans to relocate in the 1870’s.