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They eventually started to pressure freed slaves to sign labor contracts and get payed very low salaries. The African Americans now have no one to help them.

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Sherman had promised to give freed slaves 40 acres of land each. President Andrew Johnson opposed this and stopped the whole process. African Americans started to hold protests.

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This organization was created by the government to help people in the South, including African Americans and Whites. They served food, established schools, and protected African Americans rights.

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Just freed slaves now had the rights of any other citizen in the US. They started to establish institutions, like schools and churches.

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Office Hours - APUSH Review: Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

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During the Civil War, the whole South was obliterated. Houses burnt down, railroad tracks pulled up, and much more.

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When Confederate soldiers went back home, their money, Confederate money and bonds, were worth absolutely nothing.

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About 1/3 of the casualties in the Civil War were caused by disease.

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About 500,000 men were wounded. Most of these men found it hard to go back to their normal lives.

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More than 600,000 people died in the Civil War.

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1861-1865. Lincoln wanted to end slavery, but slavery was essential to the economy of the South. So, the south split from the North. Then, the South fired at Union (Northern) soldiers and then the war began.

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By: Dale Anderson