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    Tiffany Escandon APUSH Zinn Chapter 9 Summary Period 8 ZINN CHAPTER 9:  “Slavery without submission‚ emancipation without freedom” Zinn chapter 9 talks about slavery before and after the Civil War‚ it describes the United States Government’s support of slavery until Abraham Lincoln’s approach to end Slavery.  It mentions how the slaves were kept into slavery by whipping‚ religion‚ separating families and even killing. There were many failed attempts to abolish slavery prior

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    Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union‚ enforce the laws of the United States‚ and end the secession. The war lasted for more than four years with a staggering loss of more than 600‚000 Americans dead. Midway through the war‚ Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which freed all slaves within the Confederacy and changed the war from a battle to preserve the Union into a battle for freedom. He was the first Republican President‚ and Union victory ended forever the claim that state sovereignty superseded

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    attack from burnside flank‚ which helped Lee escaped safely accross Potomac. The fact that Lee left the battlefield and abandoned the incursion of Maryland was enough for the Union to claim victory. The victory itself led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Which was hold back for two months on Seward Suggestion "until you can give it to the country supported by military success."3 "I have no purpose‚ directly or indirectly‚ to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where

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    called Religious Society of Friends Although the Quakers still exist today‚ the group was active during the Civil War The society was the first historical organization to ban slaveholding The Quakers also formed abolition societies to increase emancipation Reconstruction began after the civil war ended President Lincoln stated that the seceded states could rejoin the Union if they took a test of loyalty After Lincoln was assassinated‚ Andrew Johnson took over and put into place that the any Confederate

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    Assignment 14 1. Andrew Johnson- A political leader of the nineteenth century. He was vice president in 1864 and became president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. He was an honest man but an unfortunate President. He is one of the two presidents that have been impeached. The House of Representatives charged him with illegally dismissing a government official. The senate tired him and he was acquitted by only one vote. He grew up in poverty and opened a tailor shop in Tennessee. He

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    Before the Thirteenth Amendment Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which freed all slaves in the Confederate States (“Thirteenth Amendment”). This proclamation was the start of the abolishment of slavery because most of the slaves in America were in the South‚ but it did not go into effect until the Thirteenth Amendment. On April 8‚ 1864 the thirteenth amendment proposed‚ “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment

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    1862 – April – Battle of Shiloh (military/national) 1863 – January – President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation‚ freeing slaves in rebel states (abolition) 1863 – March – Battle of Thompson’s Station (military/national) 1863 – May – Battle of Chancellorsville (military/national) 1863 – August – 1st Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment (102nd U.S. Colored Troops) raised (military/national) 1864 – May-December –

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    ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Sixteenth President of the United States I chose Abraham Lincoln as a subject matter because he is the only American President I like. Of course‚ the rest of the world loves him very much as he is one of those big men who profoundly influenced their eras. He is not only an American President but also the president of common people. That is why his photograph was put on ‘’a penny’’. In my paper there is a chronological order of important events from

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    action on the issue about the rising of the Russian masses which was from 1855 to 1881. Rizal’s birth was during the time of the American Civil War (1861-65) that started on April 12‚ 1861. It was said that Pres. Lincoln released his famous Emancipation Proclamation on September 22.1863 giving the freedom for the Negro Slaves. American Civil War started due to the issue of Negro Slavery the war raged more when Emperor Napoleon III of the Second French Empire decided to have a colonial state on the

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    election. Other than that it did not hinder him to pursue his career. Abraham Lincoln was not only an American politician but he was also a lawyer. He also involved in the Civil War and the Emancipation of Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln’s policy towards slavery from his election until the accomplishment of the Emancipation was

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