The Black codes were sets of laws that were set up in different towns and cities all over the south. These codes served to counteract the thirteenth amendment and place restrictions on newly freed slaves so that they were manipulated into giving up their newfound freedoms. The Jim Crow laws were state-wide laws that were set up in response to the fourteenth amendment. ... Groups like the Klu Klux Klan and later the Red Shirts were set up and joined by people who believed that white people were inherently better than African Americans, and they went to some very evil ends to show this. ...

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The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation came about on January 1, 1863. It was a document that led to end of slavery in the United State military leaders of the union really wanted Lincoln to make the proclamation free slaves. Lincoln thought if he did free slaves he could d...

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Lincoln took this as an act of war and immediately called for 75,000 volunteer to serve for three months. He also called congress into special sessions, but set the convening date for July 4, which was eighty days away. ... On May 4, Lincoln called for 42,000 additional volunteers to serve for three years. ...

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While the aforementioned events set the foreground for the modern Civil Rights Movement, the catalyst of the Movement involved two events, which both took place in 1955: the murder of Emmett Till in August, and Rosa Parks" arrest in December. ... Fred Shuttlesworth, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Committee (SCLC), said that the not guilty verdict "set in concrete the determination of people to move forward [with the Civil Rights Movement]." ... In 1960, soon after a group of black students sat in a North Carolina restaurant until it closed without being served, the Student...

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Later, he was to serve as clerk and postmaster at New Salem, Illinois. ... Finally, in early 1844 they purchased a frame house in the city that would serve as their home for the next sixteen years. ... As a rising young lawyer, Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, and moved to Washington to serve out his term, where he spoke out against the Mexican War and unsuccessfully attempted to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. ... Again, he encountered numerous business set backs and challenges but he persisted. ...

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At first recruiting stations were set up in small towns in both North and the South, officers were then elected by the enlisted and Colonel and higher. ... All able-bodied white males 18-35 would be required to serve in the military for three years. ...

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William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, 1820 in the town of Lancaster, Ohio. When Sherman was nine years old his father died. Sherman was then raised by Senator Thomas Ewing and wound up marrying into the family. Senator Ewing was able to use his influence t...

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BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War. It was also the last battle in the Civil War. In this paper I will talk about the movie we watched on the Battle of Gettysburg. Some strengths of watching a movie other than what we got from the...

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Nevertheless, each of these amendments proved to be a revolution in itself and set new foundations for future change. ... Social changes made during these years served as a turning point in the treatment of blacks. ...

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In December 1863, President Lincoln set up a process for Political Reconstruction for reconstructing the state governments in the South so that Unionists were in charge rather then secessionists. ... "I myself prefer that it were now conferred on the very intelligent, and on those who serve our cause as soldiers." ...

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In contrast, the radicals expect that Johnson to set stricter factors for southern states to reentry the Union. ... The influence they inherited from the Civil War continued to serve them well politically during Reconstruction. ... In addition, the process of Reconstruction set precedent on how each branch should use its power properly....

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The tariffs would increase the profits in America, allowing the nation to grow economically and serve to expand America westward into new frontiers. ... The Nullification theory was set forth in order to assure more power resided with the states than with the federal government. ...

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Present-day controversies may shed light on the mind-set of Southerner's respect for their past. ... Dew states, the only way to find clear evidence of the role slavery played in secession is to study the speeches and letters of the men who served as commissioners of the lower South. ...

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At the start of the Civil War Custer served in the staff of General George B. ... This campaign help set up the next big assault on the Lakota Indians that would undeniably be one of the biggest military defeats of all time. ...

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