Today in history we continued talking about things that we researched. First we talked about the Mexican American war. We talked about why we fought the war and if it was justified or not. We talked about Lincoln's presidentcy.He was elected in 1860. He was the president that freed the slaveswith the fifteenth amendment. He always came up with the Emancipation Proclomation. The Gettysburg address was a famous speach that Lincoln gave. Lincoln died right after the Civil War. We talked about the Civil War. The Civil war was between the Confederates and the Union. It was from 1861 to 1865. The United States won because they had a lot more of everything (people, land, ex.) It was caused because the south succeeded when Lincoln became president. Last, we talked about Reconstruction which lasted 1861 to 1877. Reconstruction was the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. The thirteenth amendment got rid of slavery. The fourteenth amendment made african americans and other minoritys the right to citizenship. The fifteenth amendment gave male minoritys the right to vote. During these years times were much better for african americans. When Reconstruction ended the blacks were kept down and couldn't do really anything because of the South. In the 1860's they finally got the rights they should of had a long time ago.
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