Legacy of the Civil War

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What we have to know

• 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments• Political, social, economic impact of Civil War• Use your chart to follow along

13th Amendment• Officially makes slavery illegal in the United States• Southern states were required to ratify this

amendment before they would be allowed back into the US

14th Amendment• Gave freed slaves

citizenship status– Overturned decision in Dred

Scot case

• Gave all persons “due process “ of law– To be told of your crime

when imprisoned, fair and speedy trial and right to attorney, etc

• Gave all persons “equal protection” of the law– Law would protect everyone

equally

15th Amendment

• Gave all men the right to vote

• No one can deny any man the right to vote based on any condition– Once a slave– Race

Political• Map• 5 Military districts-why did we set up military

districts?• Explanation of how Southern States did not have

totally “on-board” governments until the listed dates

• White southerners do their best to hold freed African-Americans down and keep them from voting– poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause

• Black Codes – What were they? WKSHT!

Economic

• South’s devastated economy• Sharecropping– Agreement between landlord (owner of land) and

poor farmer (usually African American freedman) to farm for a fee ($, crops, work, etc)

– “Freedom’s Choices” sheet– ‘bought owner’s tools’; went into debt right away

and couldn’t get out of it!

Social

Social• Amounts of casualties – both North and South• North = approximately 360,000 (of 2.5 million or 14.4%) • South = approximately 260,000 (of 1 million or 26%)• Total is approximately 620,000 (of 3.5 million or 17.7%)• 2% of the US population at the time (31 million)– Would be 6 million today (a little more than the pop. of WI)

• Over 2/3 from disease, not battle

Social• Carpetbagger• Term for someone from

the north who had come to the south after the war looking to make money

• Lots of ways to do so– Sell needed items (food,

clothing, etc)– Rebuild– Buy cheap land

Social• Scalawag• Term for a southerner

who was cooperative with the government’s reconstruction efforts in the south

• Looked down upon by most southerners

Social• Ku Klux Klan• White supremacist group• Claimed to use

Christianity as a justification

• Used terror tactics to scare African-Americans who– Were successful– Were trying to upset the

established “hierarchy”– Were trying to blend with

white culture

Social• The Ku Klux Klan exists

today• http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Yg9wjctRw (3:32)

• “I had a friend in school, the running back on the football team…” “They burned a cross in his front yard… for asking out the homecoming queen.”

Social• The Ku Klux Klan exists today• RATM handout• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Wzw9nxqUzOw&feature=related

Legacy of the Civil War

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What was the Civil War fought over????

Legacy of the Civil War

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What was the Union fighting for in the Civil War?

Legacy of the Civil War

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What were the Confederates fighting for in the Civil War?

How were the amendments violated in the South

• 13th : Africans Americans are free

• 14th: African Americans are citizens

• 15th: African American males have the right to vote

• 13th: SHARECROPPING

• 14th: ?

• 15th: ?

How did Reconstruction End?

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