Civil War/Reconstruction

WHERE did most of the Civil War battles take place?

• Texas

• North of the Mason-Dixon line

• East of the Mississippi

• West of the Mississippi

The Civil War is over!

In what year would the above headline have appeared?

• 1820

• 1840

• 1861

• 1865

1st major battle of the Civil War on Northern soil

stopped Gen. Lee's invasion of the North

bloodiest single day of any war for America

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• The Wilderness

The Thirteenth Amendment:

• abolished slavery.

• created schools for African Americans

• granted suffrage to freed slaves

• created the Freedmen's Bureau

14th Amendment

• abolished slavery

• ensured equal opportunity for former slaves

• made former slaves citizens

• suffrage for former slaves

What is important about Francis Lubbock?

• governor of TX until he joined the Confederate Army

• commander of the Confederate Army in Texas.

• was the postmaster general until he joined the Confederate army

• led Texas Rangers.

Battle of Gettysburg??

• South seizes Northern territory

• North gains control of all Southern railroads

• Turning point of the Civil War in favor of the South

• Turning point of the Civil War in favor of the North

. . . Vicksburg is so strong by nature and so well fortified that sufficient force cannot be brought to bear against it to carry it by storm against the present Garrison. It must be taken by a regular siege or by starving out the Garrison. I have all the force necessary for this if my rear was not threatened.-US GRANT

What does Grant mean????

• importance of a siege in a war

• importance of the Anaconda Plan

• importance of Sherman's March to the Sea

• importance of having more arms

. . . Vicksburg is so strong by nature and so well fortified that sufficient force cannot be brought to bear against it to carry it by storm against the present Garrison. It must be taken by a regular siege or by starving out the Garrison. I have all the force necessary for this if my rear was not threatened.-US GRANT

What does Grant mean that Vicksburg must be taken by a regular siege?

• He needs more troops to destroy the Rebels.

• The north must surround and weaken the South until they surrender.

• He must avoid the confederate soldiers at Vicksburg at all costs.

• He is explaining the weakness of the Anaconda Plan

Emancipation Proclamation:

• Amending the Constitution

• President frees the slaves

• Law that gives slaves the vote

• Speech in honor of the Civil War dead