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It helped both blacks and whites cope with their everyday problems by offering them food, clothing, and other things. It operated in Texas. The secondary focus was the day to day operation.
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President Lincoln went to Richmond Lee. He wanted to fight. They agreed on the terms of surrender.
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The president was shoot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth. The next day he died. He was shoot fataly at a play at Ford"s Theatre in Washinton D.C.
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It officially ended slavery. It came eight months after the Civil War ended. It was ratifying.
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It was bitterly contested. It granted citizenship to "All people born or naturalized in the United States". With former slaves recently freed.
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It wouldn't be fully realized for almost a century. It granted African American men the right to vote by citizens declaring that the "Right of the United States or by any state on account of race, color,