Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address , He wants to keep the union, southern states can keep their slaves but no more spread of slavery, Jefferson Davis 1st Inaugural Address, southern states trying to protect their rights, and borrows from Declaration of Independence right to abolish government, Emancipation Proclamation, gives north moral reason to write, and encourages slaves to join the union, Gettysburg Address, all men created equal, and importance of preserving the union, Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address, malice towards no one, promoted reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing, 13th Amendment, officially ended slavery, 14th Amendment, gave citizenship to freedmen and required that states give everyone due process and equal protection, 15th Amendment, granted African American men the right to vote (suffrage), Reconstruction Act 1867, Divided the south into 5 military districts, Required new state constitutions that included male suffrage, and Ratify the 14th Amendment, Pacific Railway Act 1862, offered government incentives to assist “men of talent, men of character, men who are willing to invest” in developing the nation's first transcontinental rail line., Homestead Act 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land., Tenure in Office Act, Required the president to get Senate approval for the removal of cabinet members, Impeachment, process by which a legislative body initiates charges against a public official for misconduct, Assassination, Assassination is the willful killing of a person, Jim Crow laws, state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation,, Black Codes, The laws put restriction on freedom: Prohibited a white person from marrying a black person, forced them to sit on juries, and forbid to work oin certain occupations Forbid them to sit on juries, Southern Democrats, return to the “old way of life”, Radical Republicans, punish the South (included denying former Confederate leaders political positions in (government).

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