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Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16 president. It was important because he started the fight agains slavery.
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The successsion is when Abraham Lincoln was president and the states divided depending on their beliefes.
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The Emensipation proclimation said that every slave that is held in the rebels states are now free. Although it didnt end slavery it did capture the hearts of millions of americans to fight for freedom.
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The 13th amendment abolished slavery.
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The ku klu klan beat black african Amercians and often killed them.
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Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.
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Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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The election of 1876 is a perfect example of electoral vote overpowering popular vote. Rutherford B. Hayes won by one electoral vote while he was beaten in popular vote.
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The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883) were a group of five similar cases consolidated into one issue for the United States Supreme Court to review.
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The Jim Crow Laws is when they sperated the whites from black and that is called segrigation.
