The Civil War and

Reconstruction

Grade 7Social Studies

Unit 8Lesson 2

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Civil War: 1861-1865

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Civil War: The Civil War and Reconstruction had great impact on Texas:

• Political

• Economic

• Social

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Civil War:

Political Impact:having to do with the structures and affairs

of government, politics and its institutions, or

politicians

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Civil War:

Economic Impacthaving to do with the

production, development, and management of

material wealth of a country, household,

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Civil War:

Social Impact:having to do with

the way people live together in

communities

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Civil War:

What were the CAUSES for the

Civil War?

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Civil War: CausesSTATES’ RIGHTS

• The 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution states that all powers not given to the Congress by the Constitution (Art. I, Sec. 8) are reserved to the states, States' Rights.

• Because the power to decide issues regarding slavery is not given to the Congress in the Constitution, the southern states felt that is was within their power to determine the issue.

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• The Northern States agreed with the Federal Government and wanted to abolish slavery.

• Their economy was based on industry and did not rely on slavery.

• Very few families owned slaves.

• The Northern States formed the Union.

Civil War: Causes

Northern States

Northern States

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• The Southern States did not agree with the Federal Government.

• They believed in STATES’ RIGHTS (states having the power to govern themselves).

• Their economy was based on agriculture (farming and raising livestock) and relied heavily on slavery.

• Many plantation owners used slaves to work in their homes and fields.

Civil War: Causes

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Civil War: CausesTariffs

• The South was producing cotton and selling it to the North as well as to England.

• Northern manufacturers were producing cloth they wanted to sell in the South. However they charged more than England did for those manufactured goods.

• The North wanted a protective tariff placed on imported goods thus raising England’s prices on goods.

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Civil War: CausesTariffs

• Southerners and Northerners both would have to pay more for manufactured goods imported from overseas, which would help sales of products made in the U.S.

• The South protested that the government did not have the right to do this.

• However, the Constitution gives the Congress the power to pass import taxes (export taxes are forbidden), so this was not really a states’ rights issue.) ©2012, TESCCC

Civil War: Impact on Texas

• Throughout the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln developed several plans to bring the nation back together and to give the enslaved African Americans their freedom.

• The Executive Order known as The Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in the slave-holding Southern states, went into effect January 1, 1863.

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Quiz-Quiz-Praise Game • Turn to your partner.

• Take turns quizzing each other over the following key terms.

• When you partner gets an answer correct, be sure to celebrate with a high five or a cheer!

States’ Rights

Abraham Lincoln

Emancipation Proclamation

Tariff

Union

Confederacy

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Civil War:

What impact did the Civil War have

on Texas?

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• The Southern States, including Texas, SECEDED (pulled out of) the United States in 1861.

• The Southern states formed the CONFEDERACY (states have more power than the Federal Government)

Civil War: Political Impact

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Texas gave reasons for joining the Confederacy:

• SECTIONALISM - Texas supported its "sister slave-holding States.”• Most Texans were originally

from the South and had connections to friends and families there.

• These Texans believed in slavery although most did not own slaves.

• Economically, politically and socially Texans were connected to the South.

Civil War: Political Impact

Texas gave reasons for joining the Confederacy:

• The Federal government had not been helping Texas prevent Indian attacks, slave-stealing raids, and other acts of banditry in Texas.

• Texas economy depended on slavery.

Civil War: Political Impact

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• Texas Governor, Sam Houston, did not agree with secession from the union and resigned after Texans voted overwhelmingly to secede in February of 1861.

Civil War: Political Impact

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Significant Texans in the Civil War:Which person matches each description?

1. Leader of Confederate Hood’s Brigade; Fort Hood Texas named after him

2. Governor of Texas in 1861 after Sam Houston resigned

3. Commander of the Confederate forces in Texas

4. Led the gunboat battle where Texas took back control of Galveston; strapped cotton bales to the sides of steamboats to protect the riflemen

John Bell HoodJohn Magruder

Francis Lubbock

5. Confederate Army General, 19th governor of Texas, one of the president of what is now known as A & M University

Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross

Thomas Green

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Civil War: Political Impact

• Texans fought in many battles in the Civil War on the Confederate and Union side

• Conscription Act (had to join the army) - Over 60,000, Texans joined the Confederacy

• On the Union side, former slaves and many Texas immigrants fought

Significant Texas Battles in the Civil War:Which description matches which battle?

1. July 1861 – The Union Navy began to block Texas ports; 1863, Confederate troops convert steamboats to gunships and take back the port

2. September 1863 - Union plans to invade Texas with 5000 troops and attack Houston; Lieutenant Richard Dowling and his men defended Ft. Griffin for a complete victory

3. May 1865 – Union army moved to capture Brownsville; collided with Confederate troops led by John S. Fort; Confederate troops captured 100 union soldiers who told them the war was over in April

Battle of GalvestonBattle of Sabine Pass

Batle of Palmito Ranch

Civil War: Economic Impact

• Northern blockades cut off food, supplies, war material to the south created shortages of…• Coffee• Medicine• Clothing• Salt• Paper

• Trade along the Mexican border continued

• Demand for cotton was down because of the war, but demand for corn and wheat up due to food shortages©2012, TESCCC

Civil War: Economic Impact

• Freed slaves leave few left on the farms

• Lower production of agriculture and business due to men being at war

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Civil War: Social Impact• With so many Texans fighting in

the war, women and children had to be responsible for the businesses, farms, and homes.

• Many suffered the loss of family members.

• Union supporters were treated with hostility.

• Life was hard in Texas. Image found at: http://welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-could-

just-see-this-now.html

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Civil War: Civil War Ends• The war ended in April 1865, but because of Texas’s

location, the news of the war ending did not reach Texas until June 19, 1865. Why did it take so long for Texans to hear this news?

• The last Civil War battle was at the Palmito Ranch in Brownsville, Texas May 12 -13.

• The North, or Union forces, had already won the war.

• Confederate General Robert E. Lee had signed the surrender agreement one month before.

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Secede

Confederacy

Sectionalism

ConscriptionAct

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• Take turns quizzing each other over the following key terms.

• When you partner gets an answer correct, be sure to celebrate with a high five or a cheer!

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Reconstruction: 1863 - 1874

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• A week after the end of the Civil War, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

• His successor, President Johnson continued on with the process of Reconstruction, or rebuilding the country.

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Reconstruction: Impact

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• Many Texans were not happy about losing the war because their life had changed drastically• There was a shortage of free labor to farm

their fields.

• There was inadequate production in agriculture and business.

• Transportation was disrupted.

Reconstruction: Impact

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• Martial Law – The U.S. military police must come to Texas to help keep peace

• Government removes Native Americans from frontier

Reconstruction: Political Impact

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• Texas adopted the Constitution of 1876

• Reconstruction Amendments Texas had to adopt in order to be accepted back into the U.S.• 13th Amendment - forbids slavery• 14th Amendment – equal rights, regardless of race• 15th Amendment – gave black men right to vote

Reconstruction: Political Impact

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• There was a great increase in…

• Tenant farming – people reside on and farm land owned by a landlord

• Sharecropping – people farming another man’s land for a share of the profit

Reconstruction:Economic Impact

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Quiz

1. The U.S. military police must come to Texas to help keep peace

2. Assassinated Lincoln

3. Abrahams Lincolns successor

4. equal rights, regardless of race

Marshall LawAndrew Johnson

John W. Booth

5. forbids slavery

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

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6. people reside on and farm land owned by a landlord

7. people farming another man’s land for a share of the profit

Tenant Farming

Share Cropping

Reconstruction: Economic Impact

• Expansion of the railroad

• Cattle industry booms

• This led to an increase in people moving to Texas

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Reconstruction: Social Impact

• Freedmen’s Bureau was established in 1865 by the Federal Government to provide the following for freed slaves:• Food• Shelter• Medicine • Opened the first schools for African Americans in

Texas, which were in operation for over 100 years

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Reconstruction: Social Impact

• On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Texas in Galveston Bay with 2,000 federal troops announcing and enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth celebration Austin, Texas 1900Image taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

• June 19th became known as Juneteenth, which became a celebration of slaves being set free.

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• Because some did not agree with the new laws of the U.S., some states passed Jim Crow laws to enforce segregation (separating races).

• It became illegal for Black Texans and sometimes Hispanic Texans to …• eat in the same restaurants• stay in the same hotel• attend the same schools• be treated in the same hospital as the Anglo Texans

Reconstruction:

Social Impact

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• The Ku Klux Klan was a group that was formed to force segregation and to keep African Americans from taking part in politics.

• This was a time of great conflict, as Texans made their way through a new era.

Reconstruction: Social Impact

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Reconstruction

Tenant Farming

Constitution of 1876

Sharecropping

Juneteenth Jim Crow Laws

Freeman’s Bureau

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment

KKK

Quiz-Quiz-Praise Game • Turn to your partner.

• Take turns quizzing each other over the following key terms.

• When you partner gets an answer correct, be sure to celebrate with a high five or a cheer!

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