GA US History Standard 10 Study Guide

US History Standard 10 study guide.

Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan was known as the _____ _________ Plan, since it allowed Southern states to hold state conventions to create new state constitutions after only 10% of voters in that state had sworn allegiance to the Union.
Actor John _______ Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater with a derringer. After jumping onto the stage- injuring his leg in the process- he turned to the crowd and yelled “________ __________ _____________” (“thus always to __________”)! Booth was tracked down with an accomplice and surrounded as he and David Herold hid in a ___________. When he refused to come out, the building was set on fire. Booth was shot by Sergeant Boston ________.
After Lincoln’s death, ___________ __________, a former tailor from North Carolina, became president. His plan was known as ___________ _____________, and was even more generous to the South than Lincoln’s plan had been. He would often conflict with __________ ____________, who believed the Civil War had been fought over the morality of slavery.
The newly freed slaves, known as ________, usually had no land. General _________ _________ did give 40-acre plots to freedmen in South Carolina in 1865, but this land was later returned by President Johnson.
The __________ ___________ was created in 1865 to help newly freed slaves adjust. It was the first major federal relief agency, and in four years, it gave clothing, medical supplies, and millions of meals to both black and white war refugees. It also provided schooling to over 250,000 black students. _________, vagrancy laws, labor contracts, and land restrictions were all examples of ______ ________ (laws designed to restrict the freedoms of black Americans). Congress reacted by passing the _______ ________ Act that outlawed black codes. President Johnson _______ the ______ ______ Act, but Congress overrode the veto and later passed the ______ ______________ in an attempt to keep the Civil Rights Act from being overruled by the courts. In 1866, whites in Tennessee, Louisiana, and New York ________, killing hundreds of African Americans. President Johnson gave speeches against the 14th Amendment during the 1866 elections. In response, many Radical Republicans were voted into office. These radicals passed the ___________ Act of 1867, which divided the South into five districts under military rule, temporarily barred those who had supported the Confederacy from voting, and required states to ratify the 14th Amendment.
In an attempt to limit the power of the president, congress passed the _______ __ ________ Act in 1867. When Johnson fired Secretary of War ________ __________, this act was used to attempt to _________ the president. Johnson escaped removal from office by one vote. In 1868, former general _________ ___ __________ was elected president. The 15th Amendment gave Americans of any “race, color or previous condition of servitude” the right to _______.
word bank
Wilkes ... tyrants ... Presidential Reconstruction ... Sic semper tyrannis ... barn ... black codes ... vote ... William Sherman ... Corbett ... Ten Percent ... Curfews ... Andrew Johnson ... rioted ... freedmen ... Civil Rights ... vetoed ... 14th Amendment ... Reconstruction ... Tenure of Office ... Edwin Stanton ... impeach ... Civil Rights ... Radical Republicans ... Ulysses S. Grant ... Freedmen’s Bureau

Civil War Team Exercise

Civil War Team Exercise. December___20__

Names ______________________

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The South’s culture was based on ________________ and heavily dependent upon ______________ to harvest crops, especially ______________ after Eli Whitney invented his famous “gin”. The North’s economy was much more industrial, with many ___________ to produce manufactured goods. Many Northerners became upset with Southern slave owners under the influence of famous ____________ such as William Lloyd Garrison or after reading Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book ____________ __________ _____________.
Senator Charles Sumner was beaten in the Senate by Congressman “Bully” ___________ after Sumner’s speech The Crime Against Kansas. In the 1860 presidential election, ______________ ___________ won the election with only 40% of the popular vote, but a strong majority of electoral votes. ______________ ____________ was the first Southern state to _____________ (leave) from the Union. In 1861, ______________ _____________ was elected president of the new “ _________________”, and the first shots of the Civil War were fired at ___________ _____________ in __________________, _______________ __________________.
One of the most important historical battles was at Hampton Roads, where the new “ironclads” _________________ and _________________ fought to a draw.
Other important battles were at __________________, which cut the Confederacy in half, and at _______________, which is considered the turning point of the war and during which about 50,000 Americans died. Lincoln issued the ____________ Proclamation to free slaves in areas under _____________ control. Its main purpose was to prevent Confederate trading partner _____________ _____________ from intervening in the war. Army of Northern Virginia General __________ __ ____________ surrendered to General ___________ __ _______________ at __________________ Court House on April 9, _________. Approximately _____,000 Americans had lost their life during the Civil War.

Charles Walker Web Research

Charles T. Walker
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/floyd/floyd.html

Biographical sketch/history: birth, birth place, schooling, significant events, historical significance, partners or spouses, children, death, and any other notable information.

Primary Research 3: History of the First African Baptist Church

Primary Research III, History of the First African Baptist Church

http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/love/love.html

1. Who wrote this document?



2. (Introduction) What did McNeal say was the goal of the white press?





3. (Introduction) What did Walker say was the historical significance of the First African Baptist Church in Savannah?




4. (Preface) What is the argument discussed in the preface?




5. (Page 1) Where and when was the First African Baptist Church organized?




6. (Page 8) What happened in 1832?

Primary Document Research V: Observation and Imagination

Primary Document Research (V)

http://docsouth.unc.edu/global/result.html?term=Portraits.

Instructions: choose five or six portraits. For each one, list the title of the portrait or name of the person. Describe the portrait in detail: number of people in the portrait, age, sex, and any important details (clothing, attitude, background, etc).

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6-10. Choose one of your portraits, and write a short story about the portrait subject and what they did the day of the portrait on the back of the page.

Augusta Canal Prep

Augusta Canal Prep
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3039
http://www.augustacanal.com/history.html


1. When was the canal built?


2. Who was responsible for the canal?


3. Who designed the canal?


4. What important Civil War plant was in Augusta?


5. Who was Dennis Cahill?


Extra Credit: List up to four facts about the canal.

The Confederate Bomb Brothers

History of Augusta

http://maic.jmu.edu/JOURNAL/6.1/notes/robbins/robbins.htm


Who were the “bomb brothers”?



How was the Greyhound destroyed?



What were Confederate "torpedoes”?



What was a "sub-terra explosive shell”?




What did General Edward Bates call "devilish devices"?




What may have been the South’s most effective defensive weapon?



Name two interesting facts from this site.

Primary Research Sheet 1

The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl

http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/andrews/andrews.html#andrews57
1. Pg. 2: Introduction. How does Ms. Andrews describe the slave owners in the South? About how many slave owners were there? On what document does she base her figures?




2. Pg. 97: A Belle of the Confederacy. List three things you notice about the lady in the painting.


3. THE PASSING OF THE CONFEDERACY (chapter)
What was the profession of Ms. Andrews' father? How did Georgians react to news of secession? Was Mr. Andrews a slave owner?


4. FORESHADOWINGS OF THE RACE PROBLEM (chapter)
What did Ms. Andrews father believe was the "greatest of all the evils brought upon us by the war"?


5. Pgs. 348-349: Describe what might be seen at a "dancing party". Who did Ms. Andrews try to avoid meeting?

Primary Research Sheet 2

Mutual Relation of Masters and Slaves as Taught in the Bible


http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/wilson/wilson.html


1. What type of document is this?


2. Who created it, and when was it created?


3. (Correspondence.) Why does Wilson say he is allowing this to be published?



4. (Discourse.) What does Wilson say is the true meaning of “servants” ()?


5. What does Wilson justify on pages eight and nine?


6-10. Briefly summarize the final paragraph on pages twenty and twenty-one, beginning with “But, notwithstanding”. Comment on either Wilson’s writing or his character.

Primary Research Sheet 3

Primary Research III, History of the First African Baptist Church


http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/love/love.html


Who wrote this document?


(Introduction) What did McNeal say was the goal of the white press?




(Introduction) What did Walker say was the historical significance of the First African Baptist Church in Savannah?



(Preface) What is the argument discussed in the preface?



(Page 1) Where and when was the First African Baptist Church organized?



6. (Page 8) What happened in 1832?