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The Era of Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of Modern America, 1900–1912. survey by leading scholar; Pease, Otis, ed. The Progressive Years: The Spirit and Achievement of American Reform (1962), primary documents; Thelen, David P. "Social Tensions and the Origins of Progressivism," Journal of American History 56 (1969), 323–341 in JSTOR
March 4, 1865 – President Lincoln begins second term; Johnson becomes the 16th vice president; 1865 – Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital, captured by a corps of black Union troops; 1865 – Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House; 1865 – Freedmen's Bureau; 1865 - the 13th Amendment was adopted, setting slaves free forever.
The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...
April 2 – American Civil War: "Evacuation Sunday" – Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which is taken by Union troops the next day. April 3 – American Civil War: Richmond is captured by Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant.
Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War , defeating the Confederacy , playing a major role in the abolition of slavery , expanding the power of the ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
Lincoln was succeeded by Vice President Andrew Johnson. Booth was shot and killed on April 26, 1865, after he was found hiding in a barn near Bowling Green, Virginia. James Garfield, the 20th ...
Freedmen voting in New Orleans, 1867. Reconstruction lasted from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 to the Compromise of 1877. [1] [2]The major issues faced by President Abraham Lincoln were the status of the ex-slaves (called "Freedmen"), the loyalty and civil rights of ex-rebels, the status of the 11 ex-Confederate states, the powers of the federal government needed to ...