Impact of Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia

analyze the impact of the Civil War on Georgia

explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states' rights, nullification, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, the Dred Scott case, Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, and the debate over secession in Georgia

explain Georgia's role in the Civil War; include the Union blockade of Georgia's coast, the Emancipation Proclamation, Chickamauga, Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Andersonville

explain the roles of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in Reconstruction

explain the key features of the Lincoln, the Johnson, and the Congressional Reconstruction plans by comparing similarities and differences

give examples of goods and services produced during the Reconstruction Era, including the use of sharecropping and tenant farming and the rise of the textile industry

identify the ways individuals, groups, and events attempted to shape the New South; include the Bourbon Triumvirate, Henry Grady, International Cotton Expositions, and Tom Watson and the Populists

compare and contrast the roles of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Alonzo Herndon in the advancement of the rights of African Americans or Blacks in the New South Era

After the war what was destroyed in Georgia?

• Land, factories, railroad

• Government, constitutions, capitol

• Savannah, Atlanta, Macon

What year did the Civil War end, marking the beginning of Reconstruction in Georgia?

• 1861

• 1865

• 1877

• 1898

Answer explanation

The Civil War ended in 1865, leading to the beginning of Reconstruction in Georgia.