Important Terms Of Civil War
~ Appomattox Court House- Lee surrenders to Grant and Grant shows Mercy
~ Results of the Civil War-
- Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Courthouse and the south loses the war
- Abraham Lincoln is assassinated five days after the war
- The Southern economy is devastated while the northern becomes stronger than before the war
- Reconstruction begins
~ Reconstruction (1865-1877)- The period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states are reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
~ Radical Reconstruction Congress- Wanted Congress, but no president to control a tougher, more extreme approach
~ Results of the Civil War-
- Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Courthouse and the south loses the war
- Abraham Lincoln is assassinated five days after the war
- The Southern economy is devastated while the northern becomes stronger than before the war
- Reconstruction begins
~ Reconstruction (1865-1877)- The period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states are reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
~ Radical Reconstruction Congress- Wanted Congress, but no president to control a tougher, more extreme approach