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The Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln wanted to be elected for president so he could help end the spread of slavery. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
In the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln announced that all the slaves within slave states were to be set free. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
This amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States. -
Succsession
After Abraham Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson was sworn in as president. -
The Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is a group of racist people who went around and killed thousands of Southren African Americans. -
The Fourteenth Amendment
This amendment guaranteed equal and civil rights to African American citizens. -
The Fiftteenth Amendment
This amendment gave African American males the right to vote. -
The election of 1876
The election was when Samuel J. Tilden, a Democrat won the election. The Republicans did not want to except the results so they accused the Democrats using physical intimadation and bribery to keep African Americans from voting in the south. -
The Civil Rights Cases
There were five civil rights cases and they were grouped together because of their similarites. The cases were about civilians acting racial toward African Americans and were charged by being against the 13th and 14th amendments. -
The Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws was a series of anti-black laws. It made African Americans as second class.
