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Then and Now Connections

The impact of the Civil War led to the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery. The effects of the war led to the south’s bitter feelings and the Ku Klux Klan, also known as the KKK.
Other effects included inflation, after that, money was not worth as much as it was before. The Nation was reunited and the southern states were not allowed to secede. The South was placed under military rule and divides into military districts.southern states then had to apply for readmission to the Union. The federal government proved itself supreme over the states. Essentially this was a war over states rights and federalism and the victor was the power of the national government. Slavery was effectively ended, while slavery was not officially outlawed until the passage of the 13th amendment the slaves were set free upon the end of the war. Reconstruction the plan to build America after the war,began. Industrialism began as a result of the increase in wartime production and the development of new technologies
source: http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-15562.html

The Two Platforms

Caption: The Democratic South and the Republican North have different views on slavery. The Democrats see the white man in control, while the Republicans believe in equality. In this photo, a white man and a black man’s head are shown to compare the two. It stereotypically portrays a scholarly looking white man and a large-lipped black man.
Source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZxO6RrMQHFvJHHiPqbOVyZqvPmQfaq83oMKDdz1MdAhRFxAYu4VOqgG5GR20bnw7u-CsHxZFnUsvHQQxjOkj7QyEg9dee6R_4Zxe_lXDfB9hUK3SZE7v-0NEOnGCXHl2xm3hwcdGVaA/s400/Republiblack.jpg

Reconstructuon Analysis

After the Civil War ended, many laws and amendments were passed to help help freedmen with their civil rights but the abolitionists only felt partially successful. The slaves had been freed and were gaining their rights. Even though the abolitionists felt this was a huge success in history, they still wanted the south to cooperate more with the new amendments. The south ignored many of the laws and did not get punished for them. The Northern Abolitionists were now fighting for civil right for African-Americans mainly in the South
Source: http://www.us-civilwar.com/abolitionist.htm

Did you know?

Did you know that Black soldiers were paid $10 per month while serving in the Union army. This was $3 less than white soldiers.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/

Reconstruction Timeline

1877 - Congress passes the First Reconstruction Act, which divides former Confederate states into five military districts under the command of army generals, requires districts to hold new elections for state offices, and grants voting rights for male citizens regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; enforcement of the act gives African Americans the majority vote in most Southern states

1868	Congress ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment, which grants full civil liberties to African Americans

1870	Congress ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment, which grants voting rights regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”; it does not extend this right to women

1875	Civil Rights Act prohibits racial discrimination in employment and establishes the right of African Americans to serve on juries

Source: http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/history/africanamericanhist/section4.php

Did you know?

Did you know that the the Civil War was also known as The Brothers’ War, the War for the Union and the War of the Rebellion.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/

Abolitionist Movement

Caption: The antislavery movement sought to end the enslavement of Africans and people of African descent in Europe, the Americas, and Africa itself. The abolitionist movement grew from a small faction in the 1820s to a powerful social and political movement by the 1840s and 1850s.
Source: http://costreams.com/World%20History/Abolitionist%20Movement.aspx

Abolitionist Argument

Caption: Many northern abolitionists wanted to free slaves, while the slave owners believed they needed slaves for their labor. Due to the lack of cooperation between the slave owners and abolitionists, a war began. If the slave owners had given up, there would have been no war.
But, moreover, after the Civil War, the slaves were still freed.
Source: https://tuckahoe.wikispaces.com/Most+abolitionists+demanded+immediate+freeing+of+the+who%3F+The+slaves

Did you know?

Did you know that approximately 130,000 freed slaves became Union soldiers during the war.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/

The Man Who Had Won the Elephant at the Raffle

Caption: Black men were treated like animals because the color of their skin. In the picture, a white man is holding what is seemingly like a whip or sword in his hand, which shows how the black men were treated. They were often abused by their slave owners by the slightest mistake they make.
Source: http://mac110.assumption.edu/aas/graphics/elephantx.jpg

Petition

Caption: A petition to abolish slavery is signed by several abolitionists. This soon became the thirteenth amendment-- to abolish slavery. A black man shows his gratitude by looking at the man with happiness. The white man grabs hold of the black man to show his support.
Source: http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/images/content/11_Black_Mans_Lament_320x.jpg

Anti-Slavery Movement

Caption: The antislavery movement sought to end slavery legally and legitimately, through the course of law. They were strong proponents of legislation that would stop the expansion of slavery, for example. There were those in the antislavery movement that proposed legislation that would actually purchase the freedom of slaves, as had happened in Europe. This sort of solution would have ended slavery, but done it without the violence and death that the Civil War brought.
Source:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/172082/0052127.jpg
http://www.thehistoryguru.com/the-rise-of-the-abolitionist-movement-as-a-cause-of-the-civil-war/

Because Your Race

Caption: Although this illustration may not thoroughly refer to the Civil War period, it does portray a meaning to it. The first block shows a white man saying, “I am the law,” which is an on-target phrase from that time period. White men used to believe that they had the right to do anything and everything, whether it is defying a black man or killing a black man.
Source: http://www.freewebs.com/black-legacy/Cartoon-LAW1on1Race.jpg

Did you know?

Did you know that slavery in the United States of America was a major source of conflict that contributed greatly to causing the Civil War.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/

Reconstrution Questions

QUESTIONS 3:
Did the Abolitionists feel like they were successful?
What were the abolitionists still fighting for after the Civil War?
Did the abolitionists feel successful at the end of reconstruction?

Civil War Analysis

Abolitionism during the Civil War was far more than just executing the idea of slavery
Most Northerners recognized the existence of slavery in the South and how poorly the slaves were treated. Most Northerners favored the policy of compensated emancipation. After 1849, abolitionists rejected this and demanded slavery to immediately end everywhere. Thus, the practice of slavery was officially outlawed in the Unites States of America as of January 1, 1863 with the "Emancipation Proclamation" by President Abraham Lincoln.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/slavery/

Did you know?

Did you know that slavery in the United States of America was a major source of conflict that contributed greatly to causing the Civil War.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/

Civil War Timeline

1860	After the election of antislavery president Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina secedes from the Union, followed by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, to form the Confederate States of America

1861	Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Union forces at Fort Sumter, South Carolina

1862	Congress bans slavery in Washington, D.C., and the territories and passes the Second Confiscation Act, which grants freedom to slaves whose masters support the Confederacy

1863	Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves in Confederate-held territories

1866	Civil Rights Act grants African Americans full U.S. citizenship

Source: http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/history/africanamericanhist/section4.php

Abolition Appeal to Women

Caption: During the Civil War era, many women also began to fight for equality and teamed up with abolitionists. Abolitionist also appealed to women by using sympathy towards African-American women who had been separated from husbands and families.
Source:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html

The Union Forever

Caption: The North was the Union while the South was the Confederate States.
Source: http://americancivilwar.com/north/John-Brown/outrage-handbill.jpg

Did You Know?

Did you know that approximately 130,000 freed slaves became Union soldiers during the war.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/

Pro-Slavery Figure

Caption: The Radical and Moderate Northern Republicans wanted to end slavery while the Southern Democrats were against it.
Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215469/kansas-nebraska_act.htm

Anti-Slavery figure

Caption: The Radical and Moderate Northern Republicans wanted to end slavery while the Southern Democrats were against it.
Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215469/kansas-nebraska_act.htm

Frederick Douglass Mug

Caption: Frederick Douglass  became one of the most influential northern abolitionist after he escaped slavery. He toured throughout the United States speaking on behalf of civil rights before, during, and after the Civil War.
Source: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Frederick-Douglass-Posters_i1253077_.htm

Civil War Questions

QUESTIONS 2:
How did Northern Abolitionist feel about the south secession?
Did the abolitionist agree with the Union Government?
What did the abolitionist think of the Civil War?

Pre-Civil War Analysis

During the pre-Civil War era Northern Abolitionist were fighting hard for the abolishment of slavery. Many famous abolitionist, such as John Brown,William Lloyd and Frederick Douglass, fought for the abolishment of slavery in different ways. Brown used physical force, such as his raid at Harper’s Ferry where men were killed. On the other hand, Douglass
and Lloyd were more vocal about their hatred towards slavery. They used newspapers and speeches to persuade people of the evils of slavery. There was also a lot of tension between the Northern Abolitionists and the Southern slave owners. The threat the slave owners felt from the abolitionists was one of the reasons the South seceded.
Source: http://www.civilwar.com/overview/abolition-and-slavery/148533-african-america

Did You Know?

Did you know that slavery in the United States of America was a major source of conflict that contributed greatly to causing the Civil War.
Source: http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/

TIMELINE:

Significant Events:

1832	Abolitionists led by William Lloyd Garrison form the New England Anti-Slavery Society in Boston; Garrison expands this organization into the American Anti-Slavery Society the following year

1837	First Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women meets in New York City; African Americans comprise 10 percent of membership

1841	African American orator, writer, and abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivers his first antislavery speech in Nantucket, Massachusetts

1843	African American evangelist Sojourner Truth begins her abolitionist work

1848	Antislavery politicians organize the Free Soil Party to oppose the extension of slavery into western territories

1850	Compromise of 1850 admits California into the Union as a free state but also toughens the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act, granting federal officials authority to apprehend and return runaway slaves who escape to free states and paying a reward for these services

1852	Publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s sentimental antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin arouses sympathy for the abolitionist cause; it sells over 300,000 copies in the first year

1858	Abraham Lincoln gains national recognition as an antislavery candidate during his unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate

Source: http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/history/africanamericanhist/section3.php

Abraham Lincoln Portrait

Caption: Though Abraham Lincoln was anti-slavery, he angered many northern abolitionists. Because his main objective was to reunite the Union and keep the border states happy, he did not focus as much on the southern slaves and abolishing slavery.
Source: https://tuckahoe.wikispaces.com/Most+abolitionists+demanded+immediate+freeing+of+the+who%3F+The+slaves

Slave Family

Caption: One of the issues that the abolitionists had with slavery was that it broke up families. After the Civil War ended, many freedmen went in search of there families throughout the South.
Source: https://tuckahoe.wikispaces.com/Most+abolitionists+demanded+immediate+freeing+of+the+who%3F+The+slaves

Pre-Civil War Free vs. Slave States

Caption: Many abolitionists lived in the northern states because they had no use for slave labor. The did not need the slaves because there was not as much fertile land as in the south.Many slave owners lived in the south. There was much more fertile land there to farm.
That increased the amount of slave labor.
Source: https://tuckahoe.wikispaces.com/Most+abolitionists+demanded+immediate+freeing+of+the+who%3F+The+slaves

Did You Know?

Did you know that slavery was a power tool used by the North?
Source: http://www.coe2ndwis.com/civiliancorner/strangefacts.html

Practical Illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law

Caption: The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the group of laws referred to as the "Compromise of 1850." In this compromise, the antislavery advocates gained the admission of California as a free state, and the prohibition of slave-trading in the District of Columbia.The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 that gave slave owners the right to enter another state and recapture runaway slaves who had previously belonged to them.
Source: http://www.virginiamemory.com/docs/fugitive_slave_law_loc.jpg

William Lloyd Garrison Mug

Caption: William Lloyd Garrison, an American anti-slaver leader, was one of the first white abolitionists to demand emancipation. He wrote a militantly anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator. The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 that Northern abolitionists, namely William Lloyd Garrison, found utterly detestable.
Source: http://www.virginiawestern.edu/faculty/vwhansd/HIS121/images/WLGarrison.jpg

Pre-Civil War Questions

QUESTIONS:
How were slaves treated during Pre-Civil War?
What significant leaders helped the Northern abolitionists?
How did the North and South see blacks and whites differently?

Introduction

Hello!
Welcome to the blog. This group blog is for Mrs. Whitlock’s 1st period AP United States History class. Marcela Jimenez and Kimberly Ny will be posting information about Pre-Civil War through Reconstruction in the perspective of a Northern Abolitionist. We hope you enjoy the blog!