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Rebuilding a Nation: Post-Civil War Challenges in the Southern United States

This photograph depicts a post-Civil War Southern landscape, reflective of the reconstruction era (1865-1877). Taken in the late 1860s, it symbolizes the struggles faced by Americans in rebuilding following the Civil War. The picture likely captures a community grappling with loss and uncertainty as they sought unity amid deep divisions. In the years following, people in this setting would have worked on healing relationships, integrating freedmen into society, and navigating the complexities of rebuilding government and social structures. Would they find reconciliation or division in their new beginning?

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Rebuilding a Nation: Post-Civil War Challenges in the Southern United States

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  1. Focus Activity Describe this photograph. 2) When and where do you think this picture was taken? Why do you think this? 3) What were 3 things you think people living in this setting did in the years following this photograph?

  2. The Civil War 1861-1865 • Fought between the United States and the Confederate States of America • Caused primarily by slavery in the southern states and states’ rights • The United States defeated the Confederate States of America

  3. Reconstruction 1865-1877 Major Questions following the Civil War: How to re-build the South? 2) How to bring Southern states back into the United States? 3) How to bring former slaves into the United States as free men and women?

  4. Re-building the South Over 1 million Americans lost their lives during the Civil War: 664, 928 Northern Casualties 483, 286 Southern Casualties After 4 years of war, could Northerners and Southerners forgive each other? Could they become unified as citizens of the same country?

  5. How to bring former Confederate States back into the United States? Should people who fought against the United State be allowed to become American citizens? Should they be punished? What should be done to southern state governments that fought against the United States?

  6. Freedmen At the end of the Civil War, there were hundreds of thousands former slaves living in the former Confederate States. How would freed men and women be treated in the Southern States? What do you think were some of the major challenges faced by former slaves?

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