The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. In addition, under this proclamation, freedom would only come to the slaves if the Union won the war. By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Despite promises of equal treatment, blacks were relegated to separate regiments commanded by white officers. Black soldiers received less pay than white soldiers, inferior benefits, and poorer food and equipment.
It is commonly understood that the last group of people to gain the right to vote were women.
Passed in 1920, the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
Caused people to move cities for work.
Miep Gies, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler and Elisabeth Voskuijl
