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Konspekt USA history

The Southern states based their business upon slavery Abraham Lincoln for President (he's against slavery) South Carolina + 10 other states separated from the USA =>the Confederal state of America => Civil War 1865 slavery was abolished everywhere but Missisippi · The role of Abraham Lincoln Uneducated, but still considered the best President Nominated for precidency in 1860 Renomination during the Civil War Emancipation Proclamation (slaves free) Wrote Habreas Corpus (court decides if government can detain smt) 6 The Homestead Act (Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. Government, including freed slaves, could file an application and get land) · The role of Andrew Johnson Vice president of the Unites States Became the 17th President after Lincoln's assassination Wasn't liked No support from southern states The Tenure of Office Act (banned president from his powers) Impeached in 1868 (umbusaldust avaldama)