Today we talked about the Mexican American War. It was a war between Mexico and The United States. The U.S. won and got Texas and California as a result. It was called the Mexican Seccion. Mexico lost 50% of their land to the U.S.President James Pope was a big believer of moving westward. We made our troops go across the Rio Grande and made the Mexican invade us and thats how the war started.We also talked about president Abraham Lincoln. He was the best president in history. Andrew Johnson was his vice president who became president after he was killed. The Southern States seceded from the U.S. when Lincoln became president because they thought Lincoln was going to abolish slavery. After the Battle Of Gettysburg he had the Gettysburg Address which was a funeral speech because of all the people that died in the battle. He was elected for two terms in 1865, His leadership through the Civil War was the most important of his presidency. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed during his presidency. He got assisined and Andrew Johnson became president.Reconstruction of the United States specifically the South. It happened in 1865-1877. Cities and railroads had to be rebuilt. The Freedmans Bureau was setup to help African Americans get jobs and education. The Southern Government was changed because the North came and took over. As soon as the North left the South it went back to the whites being racist towards the black.
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