-
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elcetd 16th president in 1860,other candidates were Stephen Douglas, John Bell, John C. Brekinridge, didn't receive a majority of popular vote, received enough electoral votes to win -
Secession of The South
thought government was to strong didn't think the government had the right to tell them how to live southerners felt if they stayed in the US the north would control them -
Civil War
started at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, ended April 9, 1865, fighting:: confederacy (southern states) union (Nothern states) -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln was going to send a Emancipation Proclamation out before they won a victory. He thought the confederate would think of it as a cry for help. So he waited until the union won a victory. They eventually did and Abraham Lincoln sent it out for slaves to join their side. -
Freedman's Bureau
It was established in 1855 by congress to help former black slaves and white -
Reconstruction
A lot of destruction happened in the Civil War. The South had to rebuild the homes, buildings, factories, land and farms -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford's Theatre -
13th Amendment
the 13th amendment states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" -
Radical Reconstruction
The radical reconstruction was a time period directly after the Civil War when the Radical Republicans controlled the Congress -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to to African Americans -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping happened after the Civil War so people could get money to rebuild the South since most of it was destroyed -
15th Amendment
guarantees the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous conditions of servitude -
1st African American Elected to Congress
Hiram Rhodes Revels was seated as the first black member of the Senate, while Blanche Bruce, also of Mississippi, seated in 1875, was the second. Revels was the first black member of the Congress overall. -
Civil Right Act of 1875
a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury service