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Lincoln was elected the 16th president after a deeply divided Democratic Party. He was the first Republican to become president.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. A while later many other southern states seceded too. Like, Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana.
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The Civil War started after the southern states seceded from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln. The southern states started the Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforeward shall be free.
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The 13th amendment was passed in January of 1865. This amendment abolished slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by southerner, John Wilkes Booth shortly after 10pm at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
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A system where a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.
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A U.S. federal government agency established in 1865 to aid freedmen.
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After northern voters rejected Johnson's policies Republicans in Congress took firm hold of reconstruction in the South.
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The 14th amendment was passed in July of 1868. This amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels was seated as the first black member of the Senate. He was the first black member of the Congress overall.
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Citizens right to vote should not be denied on account of race, color, etc.
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A United States federal law to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public.
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The Civil War caused many damages to the South. After the Civil War the southerners were introduced a new set of significant challenges
