BELL RINGER- FORGIVENESS

Think about a time in your life when you had an argument with a family member (that you feel comfortable sharing) In at least 5 lines explain…

What happened? How was it resolved?

List at least 3 obstacles you might face when you are fighting with someone in your family (as opposed to an outsider)?

“THE WHOLE FABRIC OF SOUTHERN SOCIETY MUST BE CHANGED…IF THE SOUTH IS EVER TO BE MADE A SAFE REPUBLIC LET HER LANDS BE CULTIVATED BY THE TOIL OF THE OWNERS, OR THE FREE LABOR OF INTELLIGENT CITIZENS”

~Thaddeus Stevens

(Radical Republican)

reconstruction: rebuilding what was destroyed

“Reconstruction era” (1865-1877) period when Confederate states were controlled by the federal government before being

readmitted to the Union. ►Read above quote - What is Stevens' view of Reconstruction?

►Do you think his ideas were ‘radical’? Explain

Bell Ringer!Record term definitions and answer questions:

Lincoln’s successor : Andrew Johnson

The only member of Congress from a seceded state to remain in the Senate!

Johnson and Reconstruction

Favored leniency, quick return to the union Believed individual rights, including citizenship and voting rights should be determinedby states, not federal gov’t

Treason… anyone?! Most Confederate leaders were

pardoned (forgiven of crimes) Jefferson Davis was imprisoned for

two years, but was never tried for treason!

Outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude in US

**except as punishment for a crime

13th

AMENDMENT

Blue – ratified 13th amendment 1865 Green – ratified 13th amendment post-enactment

1865–1870 Purple – ratified 13th amendment after first

rejecting amendment, 1866–1995 Grey – territories of the US in 1865, not yet

states

“Reconstruction Amendments”13,14,15

The Thirteenth Amendment is the first of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Followed by the Fourteenth Amendment (civil rights in the states) in 1868 and the Fifteenth Amendment (which bans racial voting restrictions) in 1870

COSTS OF THE WARFederal debt (June 1865) rose to $2.7

billion (compare to today: $16.5 trillion)http://www.usdebtclock.org/

InflationUnion: 182%Confederacy: 9,000%

(That meant that something that cost $10 in January would cost nearly $1,000 in December, and a Confederate dollar printed in 1861 was valued at about 3¢ in 1865, if you could find anyone to take it!)

3,000,000 men fought in the war (10%) of the population

HUMAN COST An estimate of the deaths in the Civil War is

623,026. This means that one out of eleven men died during the Civil War years between 1861 and 1865.

(*NOTE: The deaths from accidents were caused, principally, by the careless use of fire-arms, explosions of ammunition, and railway accidents; in the cavalry service, a large number of accidental deaths resulted from poor horsemanship.).)

OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF WAR:

Federal government grewIncome tax and new paper currencyFederal banking system Federal funding of infrastructure

improvementLand grants

Northern economyprospered

THINK YOU CAN DO ANY BETTER??CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES SIMULATION

Biggest Issues/Concerns: The Southern economy is in ruins Slavery has been abolished – 4 million slaves

now “free” Northerners and Southerners feel anger

towards one another

Acting as a member of Congress YOU MUST HELP THE NATION RECOVER and PLAN A PATH FOR THE FUTURE!Who will have the best plan?

COMMITTEE WORK:

As a team answer this questions: What are the biggest problems we face as a

nation following the war? List at least 5 and rank them in importance – 1 most

important

Then, come up with a plan to:1 - Re-admit the Southern states back into

the union 2 - Deal with leaders of the Confederacy and

assure loyalty of Confederate citizens to the union

3 - Assist former slaves that are now free