2. Learning Goals: Learning Goals: 1.Describe the losses and costs of the Civil War. 2.Analyze how the Civil War transformed the nation. The picture is of Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C.

3. Journal Question: Imagine what it would be like to be in the besieged city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. How would you feel knowing that food and supplies were being stopped from entering the city? What difficulties would you face. How would people react to such a situation? Write a journal from the point of view of a citizen of Vicksburg during the siege. Journal Question: Imagine what it would be like to be in the besieged city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. How would you feel knowing that food and supplies were being stopped from entering the city? What difficulties would you face. How would people react to such a situation? Write a journal from the point of view of a citizen of Vicksburg during the siege.

4. 1. The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history with over 620,000 soldiers dead.

5. 2. President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre.

6. 3. The war had settled the issue over states rights and now it was clear states did not have the power to secede.

7. 4. Two major economic changes the Civil War brought about were Greenback dollars and income taxes. The first income tax helped pay for the war.

8. 5. The economy of the South was no longer based on slavery and they now had to pay their workers. The industries that the North used for war expanded rapidly.

9. 6. The purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment was to forever abolish slavery in the United States.

10. 7. Examples of advancements that African Americans made during this time period were slavery was abolished, African Americans were now considered U.S. citizens, African American men could now serve in the military and African American men could now vote..