kenan Mirou-question3
in 1865, the civil war ended on the hands of Abraham Lincoln and his powerful army. Bringing peace and ending the chaos and the destruction all over the US but after ending slavery it was Lincoln's duty to give the slaves their rights and he did, the 13th amendment abolished slavery and freed four million African Americans. Also two other amendments were added 15th amendment which gave them the right to vote and the fourteenth amendment which helped them with getting their citizenship so that was the beginning of a new era for Americans because they were starting to rebuild their country together and that period of time was called the reconstruction and it wasn't an easy thing to do because a big part of the country was totally destroyed. In addition, African Americans didn't easily get their rights they had to ask and fight for it