The South Before and After the Civil War

The South Before and After the Civil War

The “South”: For our purposes. . .

South Before the War (Antebellum) • Plantations

Slavery

Slave Life on the Plantations

Southern Belle and Gentlemen

The War Between The North and the South • The war lasted from 1861 to 1865 • The South seceded: Formed The Confederate States of America (or Confederacy) Picture Credit: http: //www. 26 nc. org/Photo. Gallery/Command. Change. Photos/Mc. Lean. House. Music. jpg

Picture Credit: http: //www. historyplace. com/civilwar/cwar-pix/civmap. gif

Main Causes • State’s Rights • Slavery • Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 • Preserving the Union • Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Slave vs. Free States Picture Credit: http: //www. disciples. org/convo/Slavery. jpg

Civil War Facts • 1/2 million people were killed or wounded in the Civil War • 60% of the fighting took place in Virginia Picture Credit: volusia. com/civilwar/

North South 23 States 11 States Union Confederate Yankee Rebel Blue Coats Grey Coats USA CSA

Abe Lincoln • Was the president for the North • The North’s Capital was Washington D. C. http: //www. lincolnstore. com/page 5. html

Jefferson Davis • Was the president for the South. • The South’s Capital was Richmond, Virginia http: //www. heritagephotographs. com/presjefdav 18. html

Reconstruction • The Army took over the South • Freed slaves • Gave blacks the right to vote; took it away from some whites

Reconstruction • Whites were angry • Klux Klan formed (KKK)

End of Reconstruction • White southerners regained power • Jim Crow Laws started (18761965)

Jim Crow

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Desegregation (1964, 1965)

Glory (1989)

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Movies • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Glory Road (2006)