Reconstruction & Westward Expansion
Outcome: Reconstruction

1.	Setting the Stage: The Civil War Revisited

a.	_____________: The American Civil War was caused by a complex combination of issues surrounding _____________________

i.	Morally: Many ____________________ __________ _________________ idea of slavery
ii.	Economically: Many Southerners were completely ____________ on slavery

b.	The North (The Union)

i.	Led by ______________________ (Eventually elected president in 1868)
ii.	Advantages: more _________________, more food production, larger troop numbers, more __________________, better navy, & __________________________

c.	The South (Confederate States)
i. Led by General ________________________________

ii.	Advantages: better _______________ ___________________, naturally skilled soldiers, ______________________ advantage, ______________________ troops
d.	How did it end?

i.	Northern numbers and ___________________ ________ _______________ was too much for the Southern military to overcome

ii.	Lee surrenders to Grant at ________________ Courthouse on April 9, 1865
iii.	Lincoln was shot by ___________________________________ at Ford’s Theater on April _____, 18______ and died the next morning

iv.	____________________ ______________________ was sworn in as president

2.	What is Reconstruction?

a.	Reconstruction is the period during which the ____________________________________
after the Civil War roughly 1865-1877
b.	Essentially, reconstruction was the attempt to ___________________________________
____________ back into the Union
c.	Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Congress all ________ ___________________ ____________
about how Reconstruction should be handled
d.	Confederate readmission into Congress took place between _____________________
e.	President Johnson removed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from office and was ________________ for violating the Tenure of Office Act but remained in office after the Senate voted ________________________

f.	Impeachment: ________________________________________________________________________

3.	What changes were enacted

a.	The Reconstruction Amendments
i.	13th: ____________________________________________

ii.	______: States cannot deprive citizens of life, liberty, or property without “due process” & States must provide “_________________________” to all citizens under the law

iii.	15th: _____________ __________ right to _________ based on race

b.	The _________________________ ____________ tried to prevent states from discriminating against Blacks

c.	The _________________________ ____________ allowed the Federal Government to intervene when states refused to follow these laws

d.	The __________________________ of ________ prohibited discrimination in public services like hotels, public transportation, and restaurants

e.	***If the ________________________________ and enforced, as listed above, discrimination based on race is ________________***

Result: The ______________ changed America. The country was ripped apart due to the idea of slavery only to be carefully reconstructed to bring unity back. ______________________

brought with it many new freedoms for those who had previously been denied freedom and rights. As you will see coming up, that freedom and those rights would be relatively

_____________________________.