Civil War and Reconstruction

Civil War and Reconstruction

By Melody Schad

The Reconstruction Amendments

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Poll

What right does the 15th amendment give to African American men?

• Freedom of Speech

• The right to vote

​State's Rights

​This cause of the Civil War gives power to the states. Whatever is not written in the Constitution (Federal Law), the power goes to the state.

Multiple Choice

Based on the concept of State's Rights, which statement is true?

• Southerners believed the U.S. Constitution gave them the right to oppose federal laws they disagreed with, so they seceded and formed the Confederacy.

• Southerners believed that slavery was necessary for the economy and thought states' rights violated their ability to own slaves.

​Clara Barton

​Clara Barton was a nurse during the Civil War. She founded the American Red Cross.

The Confederate States of America

Read and Interpret:

​"We hold as undeiable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their future generations; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race..."

 

-Texas Secession Convention, A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Seceded from the Federal Union. (February 1861)

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Multiple Choice

Based on the excerpt, why did Texans want to secede from the Union?

• To preserve the use of agriculture in the state.

• To preserve the enslavement of African Americans.

• They disagreed with the practices of the Native Americans.

• They wanted to to be an independent country once again.

Poll

Why didn't Sam Houston support TX seceding from the Union?

• He believed the Union and Constitution should be preserved.

• He did not like Abraham Lincoln's policies.

The first major battle of the Civil War: first Battle of Bull Run

Abraham Lincoln not only wanted to end slavery, but more importantly he wanted to...?

Multiple Choice

What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal as President?

• End Slavery!

• End Taxes!

• Preserve the Union!

• Preserve the 2nd amendment!

How do these maps reflect Sectionalism?

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Open Ended

One of the causes of the Civil War was Sectionalism. Explain the concept of Sectionalism:

Multiple Choice

How did poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests effect African Americans?

• It prevented them from marrying outside of their race.

• It prevented them from being enslaved.

• It denied them the right to bear arms.

• It denied them the right to vote.

​Black Codes

​Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.

After the Civil War, Black Americans worked as sharecroppers and tenant farmers. The economy was booming with the railroad, cash crops, and ranching. On the next slide, click the website and read about the southern economy.

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Economics during Reconstruction

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Draw an image that represents the southern economy after the Civil War: