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Election Of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is the 16 president of the U.S. He is the first Republican to win a presidency. He only received about 40% of the electoral votes. He defeated Stephen Douglas, John Bell, and John C. Breckinridge. -
Sucession of the Southern States
When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 and the South Carolina didn't like it and seceded from the nation. Then more states seceded from the nation creating the Confederate States. -
Civil War
The Civil War was a battle between the South, Confederate States, and the North, Union States. It was the deadliest war on U.S. soil. Over 620,000 casualties occurred. It ended May 9, 1865. -
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 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and whites. -
Reconstruction
A lot of destruction happened in the Civil War. The South had to rebuild the homes, buildings, factories, land, and farms.It ended in 1877. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford's Theatre. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment says that slavery ended. -
Radical Reconstruction
It is the time period after the Civil War when Radical Republicans controlled the Congress, punish the South and the South was divided into 5 military districts. -
14th Amendment
The 13th Amendment says that African Americans were granted citizenship. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping happened after the Civil War so people could get money to rebuild the South. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment guarantees the right to vote regardless of their race, color or previous conditions of servitude. -
1st African American 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 Rights 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.
