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Election of Abraham Lincoln
It is important because he was on the road to end slavery. -
Succession
Andrew Jpohnson was the president after Lincoln was killed. The assassination was planned and carried out by well-known actor John Wilkes Booth as part of a larger conspiracy intended to rally the remaining Confederate troops to continue fighting. -
The 13th,14th, and 15th amendments
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were important to the Civil Rights Movement. The Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery in the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment allowed Blacks to have the same rights as Whites. The Fifteenth Amendment allowed Blacks to vote. Although many people were against the amendments at first, the amendments were very helpful for the Civil Rights Movement. -
The election of 1876 president
The election of 1876 was a mud slinging campaign between Republican Ruthorford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden. -
Civils Rights Cases
During the 1950s and 1960s, a number of important civil rights' activities occurred that helped position the Civil Rights movement for greater recognition. They also led either directly or indirectly the passage of key legislation. Following is an overview of the major legislation, Supreme Court cases, and activities that occurred in the Civil Rights movement at the time. -
Formation of Ku Klux Klan
between 1868 and 1870 the Ku Klux Klan played an important role in restoring white rule in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
It did not do much to free the slaves, it only encompassed states in the north (which did not have many slaves). -
Jim crow laws
laws of black people drinking out of white people water fountain and stuff
