Civil War and Reconstruction 1861- 1877

  • African American soldiers in the civil war

    African American soldiers in the civil war
    President Lincoln allowed African Americans to join the war because Lincoln realized the war wassn't going to end any time soon so he sgtarted recruiting African American men who were eagered to fight in the war.
  • African American slodiers in the war

    African American slodiers in the war
    African american soldiers whiole serving in the war had a disadvantage in the war because they got paid less.
  • Arican American soldiers in the Civil war

    Arican American soldiers in the Civil war
    Almost 180000 African Americans joined the war. African-American soldiers faced additional difficulties created by racial prejudice. Although many served in the infantry and artillery, discriminatory practices resulted in large numbers of African-American soldiers being assigned to perform non-combat, support duties as cooks, laborers, and teamsters.
  • The North in the Civil war

    The North in the Civil war
    The south broke apart from the North which made the North attack on the south. Also the war took a devasating affect mostly on the North
  • The North in the Civil war

    The North in the Civil war
    The war affected the North's economy negatively and sometimes positively also the war affected more of the civilians in the North than in the South.
  • The South during the Civil war

    The South during the Civil war
    Even though the North was more effected by the war it took place in the South. The war action around their homes created many hardships for Southerners.
  • The South during the Civil war

    The South during the Civil war
    As an farming regions the South had more difficulty than the North in making needed goods for both for all the people in the South.
  • The North during the Civil war

    The North during the Civil war
    southerners sometimes fought deadly guerrilla wars and people considered enemies were attacked by southerners.
  • The South during the Civil war

    The South during the Civil war
    The economic stand point of the South wasn't negatively or positively affected. The hardships increased or intensified for other reasons as well.
  • The Freedmen

    The Freedmen
    The Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment freed all slaves in the United States. In whiched caused a problem with African Americans because many of them had little or no education at all.
  • The Freedmen

    The Freedmen
    African americans were faced with a problem they did not know how to do thing independently after the law was signed.
  • The Freedmen

    The Freedmen
    African Americans still didn't get equal pay or the same jobs didn't pay them the same as whites. African Americans also couldn't work with or associate with white people.
  • Reconstruction and Rights

    Reconstruction and Rights
    When the Civil War ended, leaders turned to the question of how to reconstruct the nation. Reconstruction Acts established military rule over Southern states until new governments could be formed.
  • Reconstruction and Rights

    Reconstruction and Rights
    Meanwhile the reconstruction acts gave former male slaves the right to vote and hold public office. Congress also passed two amendments to the Constitution.
  • Reconstruction and RIghts

    Reconstruction and RIghts
    During the reconstruction of the nation African Americans gsained a voice in the government for the first time in history. The Ku Klux Klan would usually reverse these changes by doing violent acts against African American people which restored the white peoples supremacy. (domancy)