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The period was called the Reconstruction. President Lincoln had won the war and was determine to bring the nations together again. To do that, they needed to rebuild the South which was devastated during the Civil War. Unfortunately, Lincoln had no plan on how to accomplish this and before he could take action, he was assassinated. When Andrew Johnson became president, he became antagonistic to the South. Many resented the entry of "carpetbaggers" or northern opportunists who exploited the victims of the war. Though slavery was abolished and blacks now had the right to vote, their struggles were far from over. Many were harassed by white marauders particularly the Ku Klux Kan and it took another 100 years for blacks to be treated equally.