After the War

Compare the effects on North and South, and Lincoln's death.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 70

The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history. More than 600,000 people died, more from disease than from battle. Nearly every family lost someone.
The North had little fighting on its land. Its factories and railroads kept growing, and it came out richer and stronger than before.
The South was in ruins. Farms, railroads, and cities were destroyed, and Confederate money was worthless. Georgia had lost much of its wealth.
And about four million people were free. Families searched for each other, and people chose their own names. But they had no land and little money. Freedom was only the start of a hard road.
Lincoln wanted to bring the country back together. On April 14, 1865, five days after Lee surrendered, John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate supporter, shot him at Ford's Theatre. Lincoln died the next morning. Andrew Johnson became president, and a hard question lay ahead: what would freedom really mean?

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS4H5.e — Describe the effects of war on the North and South.
IPS.1 — Information Processing Skill 1: compare similarities and differences (already mastered; apply and improve)