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But now The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, through research by associate editor Stacy Pratt McDermott, has found that the letter was written by Andrew Johnston, a newspaper editor, lawyer and fan of Lincoln's poetry
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Answer: The period of <u>RECONSTRUCTION</u> after the Civil War.
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The Freedmen's Bureau was established by Congress in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War. The aim of the Bureau was to provide assistance to former black slaves (as well as poor whites) in the South during the Reconstruction period. The Freedmen’s Bureau provided food and housing, established schools, and made medical and legal assistance available. There was an intention of settling former slaves on land confiscated or abandoned during the war, but that didn't materialize. Radical Republicans took over dominance in Congress and they determined that confiscated lands in the South should be returned to their original owners.
The term "Bourbon Democrats" was never used by the Bourbon Democrats themselves. It was not the name of any specific or formal group and no one running for office ever ran on a Bourbon Democrat ticket. The term "Bourbon" was mostly used disparagingly by critics complaining of viewpoints they saw as old-fashioned.[4] A number of splinter Democratic parties, such as the Straight-Out Democratic Party (1872) and the National Democratic Party (1896), that actually ran candidates, fall under the more general label of Bourbon Democrats.
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The 1917 French Army Mutinies were due to the loss suffered at the Second Battle of the Aisne which was the main action in the Nivelle Offensive. When the troops entered the battle, they were optimistic having been promised a decisive war-ending victory over the Germans by General Robert Nivelle. However, failure to win ruined their mood resulting in the mutinies
