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Lincoln emancipated slaves.
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The proclamtion, passed by Lincoln, set the slaves free, even in the southern states.
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Lincoln was assassinated because he gave blacks the right to vote. Andrew Johnson succeeded Lincoln.
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The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished, and continues to prohibit, slavery, and, with limited exceptions, prohibits involuntary servitude.
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The original reason of the KKK was to stop blakc people from voting.
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The amendment was passed and gave blacks the right of citizenship in America.
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The amendment prohibits states from denying the right to vote on grounds of race or color.
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The Rebuplicans accused the Democrats of discouraging and bribing the African Americans from voting in the south.
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African-American citizens protested their exclusion from a hotel dining room in Topeka, Kansas; from the opera in New York City; from the better seats of a San Francisco theater; and from a car set aside for ladies on a train.
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The Jim Crow laws segrigated the blacks and whites. There were different restrooms, stores, theaters, hotels, cinemas, etc. for the blacks.
