Section 4 The End of the War by SHANNON RINEER

Election of 1864

shannon_rineer — 2015-12-16 00:14:13 UTC

Lincoln had lost support from the Republican party over the years and was highly criticized for caring so much about slavery and inflation. McClellan won 45% of the popular vote and Lincoln had 212 electoral votes. (Lincoln won the election).

Lincoln's Assasination

shannon_rineer — 2015-12-16 00:14:18 UTC

Lincoln had decided to go out to see a play with his wife so they were in the balcony seats watching the play and their body guard had went to the bathroom quickly. Little did Lincoln know that his assassin had been an actor in one of the plays at the theater and was going to kill Lincoln. The assassin who's name was John Wilkes Booth had walked through the door up where the balcony seats were and shot Lincoln in the back of his head. He then jumped down from the balcony, landing on the stage, breaking his keg in the process and making a run for it. The body guard came back from the bathroom to see that Lincoln had a bullet in the back of his head and was still alive ,but needed immediate medical help. The doctor came shortly and stuck his finger in to the hole where the bullet was in Lincoln's head and tried getting it out, but it just caused Lincoln's eyes to flutter. The doctor couldn't remove the bullet from Lincoln's head so Lincoln ended up dying of the lack of medical knowledge.

John Wilkes Booth

shannon_rineer — 2015-12-16 00:15:01 UTC

(May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865)

John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor that assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. He was also a Confederate sympathizer who did not like Abraham Lincoln at all, and strongly opposed of abolition of slavery in the United States. He also severely injured General Joseph E Johnston. Though he did not harm the Vice President Andrew Johnson.

Reconstruction

shannon_rineer — 2015-12-16 00:15:15 UTC

The Union victory in the Civil War in 1865 may have given millions of slaves freedom, but rebuilding the South after the Civil War caused significant problems. Since the North had cut off the South's access to supplies during the Civil War the South was left poor and without money. During 1867 newly franchised African Americans got a say in the government and won elections to Southern legislatures and even U.S Congress. Hoever in less than a decade an organized group of Christian white men started the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) which rose white supremacy again.

13, 14 ,15 Ammendment

shannon_rineer — 2015-12-16 00:15:28 UTC

13th → officially abolishes and prohibits slavery in the United States.

14th → declares all persons born or naturalized in the US are American citizens including African Americans.

15th → US Constitution prohibits each gov’t in the US from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen’s race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

John Wilkes Booth video

shannon_rineer — 2016-01-04 13:40:22 UTC

Lincoln's assassianation

shannon_rineer — 2016-01-04 13:41:16 UTC