AMH 2020 Study Guide - John Wilkes Booth, Reconstruction Era, Involuntary Servitude
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Abraham lincoln was elected the sixteenth president of the united states. Approximately one month after his inauguration, the civil war broke out between the northern states and the southern states. Although he was seen as shrewd military strategist, he was not favored by all because he was a northerner whom they thought was against slavery. This could be seen in the order he issued in 1863 called the emancipation proclamation. This order freed all slaves in the rebellious states. A general and political leader of the nineteenth century. He became commanding general of the union army during the civil war. He accepted the unconditional surrender of the commanding general of the main. Confederate army, robert e. lee, at appomattox court house. Andrew johnson attempted to carry out lincoln"s plan for the political. Reconstruction of the 11 former states of the confederacy.
