2-Devastation in the South

Devastation in the South : 

Devastation in the South

Do Now : 

Do Now I THINK… The country that starts a war should have to pay for its damages. The country that wins a war should have to pay for its damages. The country that loses a war should have to pay for its damages. The richest country should have to pay for a war’s damages. Countries should pay equal amounts for a war’s damages. Countries should only have to pay for damages to themselves in a war. Countries should pay for whatever damage their soldiers created in a war. A country should have to pay for damage in a war if they were on the wrong side in the war. It really depends. Other?

Slide 3: 

1. Much of the South was destroyed in the Civil War. 2. At the end of the Civil War, a Northern general named William Tecumseh Sherman marched through the South and destroyed everything he could find.

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A. Captured the city of Atlanta by cutting supply lines into the city. 3. Sherman:

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B. Burned the city of Atlanta so the North could not reclaim it.

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C. Marched through Georgia and destroyed farmlands and railroads.

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D. Made the war as awful as possible for the South.

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4. In addition, the end of slavery had hurt the economy in the South.

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5. Plantation owners were no longer able to grow cotton, and so they had to change their way of life.

Notes : 

Notes 6. The end of slavery also changed society in the South. 7. Freed slaves were now (supposedly) able to: A. become citizens B. have rights of citizens (like Due Process and Equal Protection) C. vote

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8. So, after the Civil War, America had to rebuild—or reconstruct the South’s: A. Economy – the way they made money B. Society – the way people lived their daily lives C. Infrastructure – their cities and towns and buildings

Slide 15: 

Downtown Richmond, Virginia, 1865: Courthouse Square

The Southern Economy : 

The Southern Economy