Look up the reconstruction period. Lincoln wanted to have less harsh punishment for the states that wanted to secede but the other states wanted the states that tried to secede pay a harsh price. also amendments were made to protect those to get jobs, vote, ect.
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The North was where all the ‘free’(anti-slavery) states were and slaves wanted to escape to a free state or to Canada.
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