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Abraham Lincoln was elected on November 6, 1860. This alarmed the South.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863. This document freed slaves in the southern states.
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The 13th amendment prohibited slavery and was proposed on Jan. 31, 1865.
The 14th amendment stated that all people born in the United States are automatically a U.S. citizen. This was ratified on July 9, 1868.
The 15th amendment took effect on the 15th of October, and prohibits each each government in the U.S. from denying citizens the right to freedom regardless of race or heritage. -
Abraham Lincoln was succeeded by Andrew Johnson on April 16, 1865.
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The Ku Klux Klan is a group that still supported slavery though it was illegal.
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These laws segregated whites from blacks in the southern states.
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The Presidential Election of 1876 ended in Republican Rutherford B. Hayes' victory. This election brought about much argument between Democrats and Republicans.
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These cases examined the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Acts.