The document outlines the key events and periods of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, broken into six main sections. It covers the various causes of the Civil War related to states' rights and slavery, the direct triggers that led to the war, an overview of the politics, strategies and experiences of soldiers and civilians during the war, important battles and leaders, and how the war ended. It then discusses the Reconstruction period, including the challenges of rebuilding the South and establishing rights for freed slaves, through three Reconstruction Amendments and the work of the Freedmen's Bureau. Tensions remained over Southern self-governance and racial segregation continued through new Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.
The document outlines the key events and periods of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, broken into six main sections. It covers the various causes of the Civil War related to states' rights and slavery, the direct triggers that led to the war, an overview of the politics, strategies and experiences of soldiers and civilians during the war, important battles and leaders, and how the war ended. It then discusses the Reconstruction period, including the challenges of rebuilding the South and establishing rights for freed slaves, through three Reconstruction Amendments and the work of the Freedmen's Bureau. Tensions remained over Southern self-governance and racial segregation continued through new Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.
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The document outlines the key events and periods of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, broken into six main sections. It covers the various causes of the Civil War related to states' rights and slavery, the direct triggers that led to the war, an overview of the politics, strategies and experiences of soldiers and civilians during the war, important battles and leaders, and how the war ended. It then discusses the Reconstruction period, including the challenges of rebuilding the South and establishing rights for freed slaves, through three Reconstruction Amendments and the work of the Freedmen's Bureau. Tensions remained over Southern self-governance and racial segregation continued through new Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.
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A. States Rights 1. 10th Amendment 2. Compromise of 1820 and 1850 B. Slavery 1. Underground Railroad 2. Fugitive Slave Laws
II. Direct Causes “Boiling Point”
A. Aggression 1. Bleeding Kansas 2. John Brown’s Raid B. Political 1. Dred Scot 2. Lincoln – Douglas Debates C. Southern Secession 1. Election of 1860 2. Confederate States of America
III. Behind the Civil War “Wikipedia Civil War”
A. Politics 1. Union – Preserve Union 2. Confederate – Defend States’ Rights B. Strategy C. Advantages / Disadvantages D. Life in the Civil War 1. Soldier 2. African American 3. Women
IV. The Civil War “Under a Blue – Gray Sky”
A. Major Battles 1. Bull Run 2. Shiloh 3. Antietam 4. Vicksburg 5. Gettysburg B. Major Leaders 1. Confederate a. Gen. Robert E. Lee b. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson 2. Union a. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant b. Gen. Robert McClellan C. War’s End 1. Sherman’s March to the Sea 2. Appomattox Court House
V. Reconstruction Begins “Another Brick in the Wall”
A. Two Plans 1. Lincoln’s Plan 2. Radical Plan B. Reconstruction Amendments 1. 13th Amendment 2. 14th Amendment 3. 15th Amendment C. End of Slavery 1. Plantations a. Tentant Farming b. Sharecropping 2. Freedman’s Bureau D. Southern Government 1. Scalawags 2. Carpetbaggers E. Andrew Johnson 1. Difficulties with Congress 2. Impeachment
VI. Reconstruction Ends “Reconstruction Destruction”
A. Ulysses S. Grant 1. 15th Amendment 2. Scandals B. Rutherford B. Hayes 1. 1876 Election 2. Compromise of 1877 C. New Old South 1. Black Codes 2. Jim Crow Laws 3. Segregation