Gave black American males the right to vote in the United States.
"Separate but equal". Allowed states to segregate (divide) services to black and white Americans as long as the services were "equal".
the time after the Civil War in the United States when the country was rebuilding
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln. Freed all the slaves in the South.
Totally abolishes (gets rid of) slavery in the United States.
Gave black Americans citizenship in the United States.
The War fought between the American North and South (the Union vs the Confederacy). The North (the Union) won. 750,000 people died. 1861 - 1865.
Former slaves and poor whites in the South worked on land owned by someone else. They got to keep some of the crops and had to give the rest to the landowner.
The act of breaking away from your country.
Gave black American males the right to vote in the United States.