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election of abraham lincoln
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the Civil War. The nation had been divided throughout the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. In 1860, these issues finally came to a head. As a result of conflicting regional interests, the Democratic Party broke into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Constitutional Union Party appeared. In the face of a divided and dispirited opposition, the -
the emancipation proclamation
Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. -
succession (who was president after lincoln is killed?
Andrew Johnson became President on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, with whom he had served in Congress in the late 1840s and whom he visited on the afternoon of Mr. Lincoln's assassination. Johnson himself lost one son and one son-in-law in the war. He had been a strong proponent of slavery before the War & a strong supporter of the Union once the war began. Johnson was unique among Southerner senators at the outbreak of the war in retaining his seat rather than supporting the Confederacy. -
the 13th ammendment
13th amendment was important to african americans because it ended slavery this amendment gave African Americans freedom .
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14th ammendment
14th amendment made everyone citizens regardless of race. this amendment gave African Americans freedom .
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15th amendment
15th amendment gave African Americans the right to vote this amendment gave African Americans freedom .
it gave them there rights to do certain things -
Election on 1876
The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed and controversial p Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes's 165, with 20 votes uncounted. The 20 disputed electoral votes were ultimately awarded to Hayes after a bitter legal and political battle, giving him the victory. -
Civil Rights
Civil rights was important to the united states because if we didn't have them we'd essentially be living in a third world nightmare. Civil rights are one of the most important things about America. If anyone, has violated your civil rights you don't have to stand for it -
Jim Crow Laws
Honesty, the Jim Crow laws were laws designed exclusively by the south in order to prevent African Americans to vote, or participate in society for the matter. It prevented anyone who was illiterate to vote, which at the time, most African Americans were. It was extremely racist and segregacial. -
formation of the ku Klux Klan
the ku klux klan was formed to stop black people from voting, they didnt want black people to have powers and its also known as the KKK.
