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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared “forever free” the slaves in those confederate areas still in rebellion but, it did not free any slaves immediately. It had also changed the war aim from keeping the Union together to now ending slavery and it helped to influence Britain’s decision to stay out of the war. Black enlistees were accepted after emancipation and 54th Massachusetts Regiment first Black Regiment. The Confederate Army didn’t enlist black slaves until 1 month before end of war. -
Gettysburg Address
A ceremony to dedicate a cemetery to all the lives lost in the Civil War. Lincoln spoke at it and said “a new birth of freedom” which meant that he wanted all men including slaves to be equal. -
Black Codes
They were designed to bring free blacks back into slavery. They did this by making free blacks sign labor contracts for minimal pay and they would also have penalties. -
Lincoln’s Assassination
Lincoln went to Ford’s Theater to watch a show and that very same day Pro-Southern actor, John Wilkes Booth, shot Lincoln in the head. John Wilkes Booth got away but was soon found and shot dead. Many southerners were happy that Lincoln was gone but soon realized that they would’ve been better off with Lincoln. -
Reconstruction Act
Reconstruction Act was created to help the Southern states. If they wanted to be brought back into the Union they would have to pass the 14th and 15th amendment. It also divided the South into 5 military districts and made it so blacks were protected and had rights. -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow ended up segregating the South after the troops from the reconstruction act left the South. The laws made it so blacks and white had their own stuff such as separate bathrooms, schools, and stores. It also stopped blacks from getting political rights,
