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Emancipation Proclamation In Effect
The proclamation freed slaves in the rebellious seceded states to help the Union fight against the CSA. This assisted the Union with its victory over the war which quickened the war a bit. However, the slaves that lived in slave states in the Union were not freed. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This brutal battle was the war's turning point and caused the greatest amount of causalities of the war. It slowed down the Confederacy's momentum in the Eastern Theater. It was a Union victory that demonstrated that the war would be in their favor. -
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
General Lee from the Confederacy surrender his army to General Grant from the Union. This put an end to the Civil War and finalized Union's victory. The terms were that the Confederate troops were paroled and returned home. -
Lincoln assassinated
Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer. This greatly altered and slowed down the Reconstruction era. Democrat Vice President Johnson became president and became lenient on the South which created uproar. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the US. This was the key aim Lincoln wanted for his second term as President in Reconstruction. The amendment also demonstrated the aftermath of the Civil War with Union victory. -
Formation of the First KKK
During Reconstruction, the KKK, a white supremacist terrorist group, came about. The did everything to ensure the black economy was instable and white racial, political, and economic was superior. Congress attempted to control the KKK with the Force Acts which made them illegal; however, it did not do much. The group continued the hold power in the South and intimidate Blacks from utilizing their rights such as voting. -
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Radical Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction is a period where Radical Republicans held power in the government and controlled reconstruction policies. They believed that black people were entitled to the same rights as white people. They helped pass the end of slavery, black rights, and black voting rights in Reconstruction. -
Military Reconstruction Act
The act separated the former CSA into five military districts. All the states had to write a new mandatory constitution that extended voting to all men and ratified the 14th Amendment that Congress approved of. This beneficially impact Reconstruction because it required the CSA to conform to the new ideas. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The amendment gave all people including black people rights: citizenship rights and equal protection. All former enslaved people now had the rights that white people have. This was great success of Reconstruction. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. Reconstruction sought to give African Americans the rights that white people had and succeeded. However, many southern states got around this amendment through Jim crow laws and black codes.