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Further information: List of capitals in the United States. ! Washington D.C during the American Civil War was the nerve-center of the Union war effort which rapidly turned it from a small city into a major capital with full civic infrastructure and strong defenses. In 1868 this committee of representatives prosecuted President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial but the Senate did not convict him. The war ended on June 22 1865 and following that surrender the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced throughout remaining regions of the South that had not yet freed the slaves Slavery officially continued for a couple of months in other locations. Federal troops arrived in Galveston Texas on June 19 1865 to enforce the emancipation That day of gaining freedom in Texas is now celebrated as Juneteenth in many U.S states, Provisions During the Reconstruction Era from January 1 1863 to March 31 1877 federal troops were stationed in the south specifically to protect black rights and prevent them from being re-enslaved However in the Gilded Age that followed the withdrawal blacks were left at the mercy of the whites When African Americans in the South no longer had the protection of federal troops whites imposed laws to prevent them from voting restrict their movement and found other ways to practice involuntary servitude.

. . Capital as symbol Many historians argue that the Compromise played a major role in postponing the American Civil War for a decade while the Northwest was growing more wealthy and more populous and was being brought into closer relations with the Northeast. During that decade the Whig Party had completely broken down to be replaced with the new Republican Party dominant in the North and the Democrats in the South, 8 Burial net worth and aftermath Loyalist expatriation 2.2 California 5.4 Children's books Washington D.C. Business Directory. . .