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Grant had captured Richmond by April 2, 1865. Grant offered a generous surrender terms and the Confederates had to give up their weapons and leave in peace. Over 600,000 people died which was around 2,600 Confederates and 360,000 Union. The war put an end to slavery.

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General William Tecumseh Sherman destroyed and the city was burned and citizens were ordered to leave. The deliberate strategy to bring the horrors of war to the Southern people is called Total War.

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Union had a LARGE population with 22 million people. 90% of industrial goods made there munitions. Capable military leaders- Ulysses S. Grant. Confederates had farmers who fight better than factory workers. They had Profitable economy based on cotton exports

But had a population of 9 million including 3.5 million of them being slaves.

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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 at Petersen House,  Washington, D.C. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth with a .44-caliber pistol. Before Lincoln was assassinated, Lincoln had premonitions and dreams about his death and the next day at 7:22 AM he was killed.

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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was an act to remove the governments of all the southern states that had refused to ratify the 14 Amendment and replaced them with military rule until they ratified the 14th Amendment and let African Americans vote. Education, Infrastructure,  and Women’s Rights were all under Radical Reconstruction.

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In December 1863, Lincoln introduce the Ten Percent Plan. The Ten Percent Plan was when 10% of the voters of state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the state could form a new government and adopt a new constitution that banned slavery.

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The KKK was a hate group towards black people from voting and whites who tried support it. The KKK not only targeted black people but also jews, immigrants, gays and lesbians and recently catholics. The KKK started at the end of the Civil War.

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Prisons were in poor conditions. Some example are they didn't have enough food for every prisoner and they didn't have good heaters during winter. They also had cramped conditions.

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Massachusetts was the first state to use tax to set up public schools free form religion. The downside was only the wealthy can go. Many Americans couldn't' read or write. Many teachers would discipline their students by slapping their knuckles with a ruler.

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The South had very humid and long summers and mild winters throughout the year. The South was a perfect place for raising crops and had long growing season. An important feature of the South was its broad, flat rivers.

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In the North they had better and faster working roads. They also traveled by steamboats and river travel. They're railway system was very efficient.