Pre-Civil War rights for black Americans. ... This was typical slavery throughout the southern United States prior to the American Civil War. ... After the American Civil War ended in 1865, the United States entered into a period called Reconstruction. ... & Johnson started his political career as a democrat who owned slaves and supported states rights, but after the civil war he shifted his beliefs towards non-slavery. ... Throughout the Reconstruction period following the civil war, the south was very turbulent. ...

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