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Popular sovereignty would determine if a new state would be a free or slave state.
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Sued for his freedom
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Marked the battle of the start of the war, first shots took place here.
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Shiloh was the bloodiest war of the civil war, the Union won.
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Freedman now became legally married and searched for lost loved ones. 4,000,000 slaves were freed and needed help to build new lives.
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Took away freedman's civil rights. Hoped to return slavery, not allowed to vote.
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President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes as he watched a play at Ford's theater.
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Andrew Johnson was quickly sworn into office after president Lincoln died .Passed the 13th amendment that abolished slavery forever.
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Gave African Americans citizenship and said that states had to provide for all
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16 African Americans were elected to the u.s congress. First public schools were established in the south.
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Many northers moved south to start businesses called carpetbaggers "Yankee invaders"
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Disbanded all southern state governments. Ex-Confederates could NOT vote.
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Guaranteed all men rights to vote.
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Public school system established, industries expanded.
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Laws that enforced segregation of blacks and whites. Endured racism, poverty, and segregation until the 1950's
