American Civil War

Chapter 16: Reconstruction and Resistance, 1865-1877 Chapter Lead-in: Katie Rowe, former slave, informed of emancipation, June 4, 1865, near Washington, Arkansas ? plantation owner Dr. Isaac Jones Emancipation in June 1865 was era of transition for former slaves ? Rowe?s plantation was split into fields and they were assigned where to work, but charged large portion of crops, food, use of mules ? plantation was sold and Rowe with mother left to Little Rock to work Rowe marries Cherokee Billy Rowe and moved to OK End of war was time of uncharted possibilities and unresolved conflicts ? former slaves exulted, ex-Confederates were grim and many moved ? the union had wanted to reunite the nation so there were questions that are not normal as result of the war

Ch. 14: From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861, pg 401-429 Chapter Lead-In, pg 401 Edmund Ruffin ? southerner champion of succession, noted agriculturalist, hated Yankees and the north, committed suicide February 1861-led by South Carolina seven states than the lower south had already seceded April 1861 ? Ft Sumter, Charleston Bay South Carolina Mid 1850s ?formation of a purely northern republican party ? dedicated to stopping the extension of slavery October 1859 ?john brown ?abolitionist, lead people to seize a Federal arsenal and harpers ferry, Virginia in hopes of igniting a slave insurrection ? failure THE COMPROMISE OF 1850, pg 402 Mexican ? American war victory ended with 15 each free and slave states however the acquired territory threatened to upset that balance