1. Last thoughts Before TCAP on the Civil War Test will be Tuesday (TCAP style Questions)

2. Emancipation Proclamation A statement issued by Abraham Lincoln September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free

3. Gettysburg Address The speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg which explained the ideals and spirit of democracy and to continue the fight for it. Changed the purpose of the Civil War from preserving the Union to abolition of slavery

4. Civil War Amendments 13 th – Freed all slaves 14 th – Made former slaves citizens 15 th – Gave males the right to vote

5. Reconstruction Lincoln want to readmit all states back to the Union with minimal requirements He also wanted the states to decide for themselves what to do with former slaves BUT he was killed and Lincoln’s plan went out the window

6. Radical Reconstruction Andrew Johnson becomes president and allows congress to punish confederate states – Former confederate states must write new constitutions and ask to be readmitted (which could be denied) – No former confederate loyalists could NOT participate in government roles – Confederate states put under Martial Law until 1877