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WHY DID THE SOUTH LOSE THE CIVIL WAR?
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WHY DID THE SOUTH LOSE THE CIVIL WAR?WHY DID THE SOUTH LOSE THE CIVIL WAR?
Daily Quote &Question (DQ2)
“It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.”
-ROBERT E. LEE
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SONGS FOR THE DAY: 1. REUNITED
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“It is good that
war is so
horrible, or we might
grow to like it.”
-ROBERT E. LEE
“It is good that
war is so
horrible, or we might
grow to like it.”
-ROBERT E. LEE
SONG FOR THE DAY: REUNITED
Daily Comment & Card
WADE-DAVIS BILL
-Proposal to reunite the country by Senators Wade & Davis-Required 50 percent of a state’s white male voters to take a loyalty oath-Lincoln “pocket-vetoed” the bill in favor of his 10% plan that allowed much quicker restoration (required only 10% of a states citizens take oath of loyalty before state government formed)
1863-1864
“It is good that
war is so
horrible, or we might
grow to like it.”
-ROBERT E. LEE
“It is good that
war is so
horrible, or we might
grow to like it.”
-ROBERT E. LEE
SONG FOR THE DAY: LET’S STAY TOGETHER
Daily Comment & Card
CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS
-Thirteenth (1865) abolished slavery in the U.S.-Fourteenth (1868) African Americans became citizens and could not be denied life, liberty, or property without due process-Fifteenth (1870) No state could deny the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
1865-1870
“It is good that
war is so
horrible, or we might
grow to like it.”
-ROBERT E. LEE
“It is good that
war is so
horrible, or we might
grow to like it.”
-ROBERT E. LEE
SONG FOR THE DAY: REUNITED
Daily Comment & Card
WADE-DAVIS BILL
CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS
-Proposal to reunite the country by Senators Wade & Davis-Required 50 percent of a state’s white male voters to take a loyalty oath-Lincoln “pocket-vetoed” the bill in favor of his 10% plan that allowed much quicker restoration (required only 10% of a states citizens take oath of loyalty before state government formed)
-Thirteenth (1865) abolished slavery in the U.S.-Fourteenth (1868) African Americans became citizens and could not be denied life, liberty, or property without due process-Fifteenth (1870) No state could deny the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
1863-1864 1865-1870
The Rebuilding of the South; Restoring the
Southern states to the Union.
Begins during the war and
ends with the Compromise of
1877
The effects of the war…THE UNION IS PRESERVED
SLAVERY IS ABOLISHED
½ MILLION SOLDIERS DIED
SOUTHERN FARMS AND CITIES IN RUINS
1/3 OF THE MEN IN
THE SOUTH
LINCOLN’S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION:
10% PLAN
When:-10% swear allegiance
-a new state constitution is adopted, when they -13th amendment ratified
it’s over…
Pardons for Confederates who swear allegiance and accept the 13th
amendment
RADICAL REPUBLICANS THOUGHT IT WAS WAY TOO LENIENT!!
B. FIGHTING FOR CONTROL
JOHNSON
REMOVED THE 10% REQUIREMENT, PARDONED
LEADERS OF THE CONFEDERACY..
POWER STRUGGLE WITH CONGRESS!!
WHEN JOHNSON FIRES STANTON, THE CONGRESS MOVES FOR IMPEACHMENT...
JOHNSON KEEPS HIS OFFICE BY ONE VOTE, BUT THE POWER SHIFTS FROM THE PRESIDENCY TO CONGRESS AND THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS…
U.S. Grant is elected in 1868 and then again in 1872.
FREEDMEN’S BUREAU
HELPED SET UP AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. WORKED
TO LEGALIZE MARRIAGES.
BUILT SCHOOLS, PROVIDED CLOTHING & MEALS, PROVIDED
MEDICINE…
CARPETBAGGERS: NORTHERNERS WHO MOVED IN TO THE SOUTH TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY DURING RECONSTRUCTION
SCALAWAGS: SOUTHERNERS WHO SUPPPORTED
RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES
HOW DID THE SOUTH ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE
PRE-WAR CULTURE?
SOCIALLY
BLACK CODES LICENSING VAGRANCY
LAWS JIM CROW LAWS
C. PRESERVING SOUTHERN CULTURE
BLACK CODES RESTRICT THE
ACTIVITIES OF FREED SLAVES
LICENSING KEEPS FREED SLAVES FROM OBTAINING WORK OTHER THAN THAT DONE WHEN THEY WERE
SLAVES: AGRICULTURAL OR DOMESTIC ONLY
VAGRACY LAWS MAKE IT EASY TO ARREST AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR DOING NOTHING…
JIM CROW LAWS KEEP THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN RACES SEPARATE…
HOW DID THE SOUTH ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE
PRE-WAR CULTURE?
SOCIALLY
ECONOMICALLY
BLACK CODES LICENSING VAGRANCY
LAWSSHARECROPPING
TENANT FARMERS
SHARECROPPING REPLACES TRADITIONAL SLAVERY WITH “ECONOMIC SLAVERY”
TENANT FARMING (RENTING FARMLAND) KEEPS FREED SLAVES IN THE SAME PLACES THEY HAD
WORKED AS SLAVES.
SHARECROPPERS GAVE UP 2/5 OF THEIR CROPS TO THE LAND OWNER…
HOW DID THE SOUTH ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE
PRE-WAR CULTURE?
SOCIALLY
ECONOMICALLY
POLITICALLY
BLACK CODES LICENSING
VAGRANCY LAWS
SHARECROPPING TENANT
FARMERSKU KLUX
KLAN
THE KKK WAS ORGANIZED BY X-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS TO TRY AND KEEP AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM REALIZING AND UTILIZING THEIR RIGHTS…
THEY WERE A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT TRIED TO CONTOL FREED SLAVES
AND KEEP THEM “IN THEIR PLACE.”
SAME ACTIVITIES, DIFFERENT NAMES: PALE FACES, KNIGHTS OF THE WHITE CAMELIA…
FORREST GUMP’S MOMMA NAMED HIM AFTER NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST.
E. THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION
THE ELECTION OF 1876 CAUSED PROBLEMS…
SAMUEL J. TILDEN (DEMOCRAT)
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (REPUBLICAN)
DISPUTED VOTES THROW THE ELECTION INTO THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES…
IN THE COMPROMISE OF 1877, HAYES IS GIVEN THE PRESIDENCY IN
RETURN FOR THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH
WHY WOULD THE NORTH AGREE?
PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE WAR AND SACRIFICE
SCANDALS HAUNT THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION
CORRUPT SOUTHERN GOVERNMENTS
AMERICA HAS A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN
RESULTS OF RECONSTRUCTIONSUCCESS FAILURE
UNION IS RESTORED AND SOUTH IS REBUILT
BITTERNESS DEVELOPS BETWEEN NORTH & SOUTH
SOUTHERN ECONOMY IS STIMULATED RACIST ATTITUDES IN BOTH NORTH & SOUTH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HAVE CITIZENSHIP SOUTH DENIES AFRICAN-AMERICANS THE VOTE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS FAMILIES GET HOUSING, JOBS, SCHOOLING
FREED SLAVES ABANDONED WITH END OF RECONSTRUCTION
SOUTHERN STATES REJOIN CONGRESS AS EQUAL
DEMOCRATS RETURN TO POWER WITH “SOLID SOUTH”
INDUSTRY & CITIES ON THE RISE AFRICAN-AMERICANS LACK PROPERTY/ECO OPPORTUNITY
ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION INCREASES
SEGREGATION BECOMES THE NORM
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FREED
VOTE
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