Table of Contents Chapter One A Leader’s Death 5 Chapter Two Starting to Rebuild 11 Chapter Three New Plans 19 Chapter Four Bolder Changes 27 Chapter Five The End of an Era 35 Biographies 42 Timeline 44 Glossary 46 Websites 47 Reference Map 47 Index 48
Chapter One A Leader’s Death It was early morning on April 15 1865 Americans nervously wondered what would happen to the United States now that the president Abraham Lincoln was dead The night before John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln during a play in Washington D C The Civil War ended only days before The North called the Union fought the South called the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865 After Lincoln was elected president in 1860 several southern states seceded from the Union They decided to become their own country These states were in favor of slavery while Lincoln wanted to limit slavery They feared that Lincoln would not allow them to own slaves Lincoln ordered war to force the southern states to come back to the Union During the war in January 1863 he issued his Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was the first big step toward ending slavery ﱚ5ﱚ
