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Blacks joined the northern and southern armies to help free their brother. There were entirely black regiments, the first to go into combat was the 54th Massachusetts.
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- declared “forever free” the slaves in those confederate ares still in the rebellion
- it did not free any slaves immediately changes the war aim from keeping the union together to now ending slavery
- helps to influence britain’s decision to stay out of the war
- removed any chance of a negotiates settlement with the south
- blacks in the north flocked to join the army to help free their brothers
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- had a separate social and economic life than the rest of the state
- broke away from virginia and became a union state
- puts a union state in the middle of the south
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-ceremony to dedicate a cemetery; lincoln gave a two minute speech
-expressed liberty, justice, freedom, equality
-showed what the north was truly fighting for -
- lincoln goes to ford’s theatre to watch “our american cousin”
- pro southern actor- john wilkes booth shot lincoln in the head at ford theater
- booth killed 12 days later
- south cheered at first over lincoln’s death but then realized their treatment would have been better with lincoln
- andrew johnson became president
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- divided the south into five military districts
- said that states that wished to be administered had to pass the 14th amendment
- passed the 15th amendment
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- segregated the south
- created separate black and white everything: schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, etc.
