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Feb 13, 2023 · April 14, 1865: President Lincoln is assassinated. May 29, 1865: President Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction plan returns confiscated property, excluding slaves, to southern Whites, and pardons them, in exchange for swearing loyalty to the Union.
Following a number of heavy defeats and the Union's decision to use total war (utter defeat of Confederate forces and their economic base including destroying homes, farms, and railroads) the Confederacy surrendered in 1865.
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Feb 3, 2010 · 1859. October 16 - John Brown raids Harpers Ferry, Virginia (Now West Virginia) October 18 - U.S. Marines storm engine house at Harpers Ferry and capture John Brown. 1860. November 1860. November 6 - Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States.
- Abraham Lincoln is Nominated President , Lincoln's election for President was followed by South Carolina's succession from the Union. Its senators had resigned from Congress and several of the Southern states were looking to leaving it as well.
- The Beginning of the Civil War , The Confederate States of America were formed by South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Texas, and joined by Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina, and it was the Confederacy's attack on Fort Sumter (on April 12th) that starts the Civil War.
- Signs of War in Europe , Otto von Bismarck returns to Berlin as Wilhelm I's prime minister. His aim is to unite the German states into a single state under Prussia.
- The Emancipation Proclamation , The Emancipation Proclamation was made by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st. It freed all Confederate slaves, and had followed from the statements he made after 1862's Battle of Antietam.
This text presents a multicultural history of the United States from 1865 to present. Students will explore social, political, cultural, and economic factors in the development of United States’…
Apr 7, 2024 · assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning.
Nov 3, 2023 · Civil War and Reconstruction, 1859-1875. The Union and Confederate armies had over 2.8 million men serving along with several hundred women. Records were burned in the devastation of the Civil War.
