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= = = = = = =  = = Civil War = The Democrats split into the Northern and Southern parties in 1860, triggering the Civil War. Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln because he believed slavery was wrong and wanted to prevent it from spreading into the west. African-Americans participated in the Civil War by rushing to join the military, while w omen helped by managing family farms and businesses. After the North defeated the South after four long years of fighting, winning in Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Abe Lincoln decided it was the right time for emancipation. Soon after, Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Lincolns plan for reuniting the country after the Civil War was call "Proclamation of Amnesty & Reconstruction." There was also the Radical Republicans who wanted to help African-Americans. The outcome of the Civil War was a success because the African-Americans entered politics. But all hell broke loose when an all white man racist group named The Klu Klux Klan started terrorizing African-Americans and any white person who helped them.