6/23 As we saw in the #CivilWar thread, when Lincoln won the election of 1860, the South seceded and attacked.

The Union won, and federal troops occupied the South during what's called the #ReconstructionEra; the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and "Reconstruction Amendments" to the Constitution (13, 14, and 15) were signed and implemented and progress could've grown deep roots...

but it all got rooted up and killed with the #Compromiseof1877 to settle the disputed presidential election of 1876.