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Southern states were left embittered and devastated by the war.

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Began in which blacks in the south were denied rights.

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Was elected through the compromise of 1877.

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Reconstruction ended controversial.

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15 : guaranteed voting rights regardless if race, or slavery.

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Lincoln's successor, Johnson was impeached.

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Guaranteed equal rights under the law to all Americans.

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Abolished slavery.

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In the address, Lincoln argued America was a nation ruled "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

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favored voting rights and rights for African Americans.

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Site of Lee's surrender to Grant.

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Union victory and turning point of the war.

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Lincoln issued this after the Battle of Antietam and ended slavery in rebel states.

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Civil war begins when Confederates attack Union forces at ft Sumter.

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During reconstruction, Lincoln believed that the south should not be punished

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This battle in Maryland marked the deadliest day in U.S. history.

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Former slave became an abolitionist and urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves and blacks to fight in the Union Army.

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Lincoln's election in 1860 led to secession of 7 southern states.

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Reconstruction is the period of time after the civil war when the south was rebuilding

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--Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia.

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--Union general, won victories after many Union generals failed.