1. Post Civil War RECONSTRUCTION

2. Lost 260,000 men in war $1 billion war debt Inflation 7000% (1864) Lost 360,000 men in war $2.3 billion war debt Inflation 182% (1864) COSTS OF WAR UnionConfederacy Inflation: a rise in prices caused by a decrease in the value of money

3. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Before Civil WarAfter Civil War

4. THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT Passed 1865 Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the U.S.

5. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN April 14, 1865 Ford’s Theatre John Wilkes Booth- actor & Southern sympathizer shot and killed Lincoln

6. PROBLEMS 1.How to restore the Southern states to the Union 2.How to integrate approximately 4 million newly freed African-Americans into national life

7. ANDREW JOHNSON Succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president Initially endorsed harsh punishment for the rebellion’s leaders

8. RADICAL REPUBLICANS Minority of Republicans opposed to Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan Led by Thaddeus Stevens Wanted African Americans to be given full citizenship and the right to vote

9. RECONSTRUCTION (1865-1877) the period during which the US began to rebuild after the Civil War process the federal government used to readmit the Confederate states

10. RECONSTRUCTION (1865-1877) Johnson readmitted Southern states if they: withdrew secession swore allegiance to Union annul Confederate war debts ratify the 13 th Amendment

11. FREEDMAN’S BUREAU Helped former slaves adjust to freedom Distributed clothing and food Set up schools and industries

12. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866 gave African Americans citizenship forbade states from passing discriminatory laws known as black codes that severely restricted African Americans’ lives Violence

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14. FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT All persons born or naturalized in the US—including former slaves—are citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws

15. JOHNSON IMPEACHED For “not carrying out his constitutional obligations” Ulysses S. Grant elected president

16. FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT stated that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”