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Ended Southern attacks in the north and was also the bloodiest battle in American history
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Lincoln proposed a plan that had ten percent of the southern people pledge allegiance to the union, and then the south could take part in the government. This was to be pt in place once the war had ended.
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General Grant was given control of the U.S Army due to victories in decisive battles and outlaid a plan for total warfare in the south
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General Sherman marched his armies on and marched through Georgia taking Atlanta. Following Grants orders and destroying farmlands and factories
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Many wanted to punish the south for what they had done. They wanted to pass the bill that denied the right to vote or hold office to the south.
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A Government Agency that gave freedmen clothes, food, land, and jobs.
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Lincoln was going to lose the election but with sudden and massive vict/ories for the north he won back the popular vote
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Grant pushed Lees forces back losing a massive number of soldiers. Eventually Lee and his armies were forced to surrender at the Appotimax Courthouse
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Northern soldiers coming home needed jobs, freedman needed work, and the south was completely destroyed both physically and economically
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Lincoln is assassinated by an actor named James Welks Boothe while watching a play at Fords theatre.
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After Lincolns assassination Vice President Andrew Johnson stepped into office. He ratified the 13th amendment. He tried to limit the power of Congress. Eventually Congress tried to impeach him but were one vote off.
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Black Codes were a way for the southern states to get around the laws revolving around blacks and a way for the south to feel more powerful.