The completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, connecting the east and west coasts, facilitated the movement of people, goods and capital across America.
What did they first transcontinental railway facilitate?
Westward expansion and transportation of goods and people across the United States.
What did the Emancipatiopn Proclamation state?
The Emancipation Proclamation stated that all slaves in Confederate territory were to be set free.
Unless they surrendered by 1863
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1862
American civil war: 1861-1865
Civil War caused by disagreement over slavery
Slavery abolished in 1865 with ratification of 13th amendment
The Black Codes were laws that restricted the rights of African Americans in the south.
Give 3 limitations of the black codes
Segregation , restrictions on political rights and marriage
