Vocabulary
A government pardon.
Amnesty.
Offering a choice.
Alternative.
What are some ways the South's environment was changed during the war?
Trees were cut down for campfires, farmland was destroyed, and farm animals were killed.
The men and women who had been enslaved.
Freedmen.
To interfere in order to stop or change something.
Intervene.
In what ways was amnesty an important part of Reconstruction?
They gave amnesty to Confederate soldiers to help rebuild during the Reconstruction.
Describe the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment.
It freed the enslaved African Americans throughout the United States of America.
The rebuilding of the south after the civil war.
Reconstruction.
Why did President Lincoln want to make it easy for the South to rejoin the Union.
He believed that the sooner the nation reunited, the sooner the South could go about rebuilding its political, economic, and social structures.
Summarize the meaning behind Secretary of war Edwin Stanton's statement about Lincoln.
Lincoln no longer belonged just to the people of the United States, but to history because of his leadership during the Civil War.
How did the Freedmen's Bureau affect African Americans?
Who were the Freedmen and what was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
The Freedmen were men and women who had been freed from slavery. The Freedmen's Bureau helped them set up their lives and integrated them into society.
What problems did the South face after the Civil War that the North did not?
The South was destroyed and money was worthless. The North suffered little physical damage. Its economy soon returned to normal.
A government agency founded during reconstruction to help former slaves.
Freedmen's Bureau.
An 1856 amendment to the United States Constitution that banned slavery throughout the nation.
Thirteenth Amendment.
Summarize the political, economic, and social difficulties faced by the South after the war.
The government in the former Confederacy was non-existent. The South was ruined economically and its money was worthless, the banks were failing, and the plantations were in ruins.
Cleanup the debris, save what can be salvaged, rebuild damaged houses, factories, bridges, and other structures. Help people who lack food, shelter, housing, and jobs.
Why did Republicans in Congress refuse to let newly elected Southern representatives take their seats?
No Southern states allowed Freedmen to vote. Republicans were outraged, so they refused to let the newly elected Southerners serve.