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== = Civil War =

During the election of 1860 Southern democrats wanted to uphold the Dred Scott decision. Which defended slaveholders' rights in the territories. Southern states did not like that the Northern states opposed their way of life causing them to form the Confederacy. After the Civil War ended the president and congress started the process of reconstruction. President Lincoln enforced his plan starting with the Proclamation of Amnesty.