The heavy rains and Severe Weather that hit parts of north and east iowa are making an impact this morning there are a number of schools that have been affected. Affected. Right now north butler schools are closed for the day. That area was hit hard by heavy rain. Schools in charles city nashua plainfield and rockford are all starting two hours late closings head to our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. Com. Youre now looking at a photo of a funnel cloud that was seen yesterday evening in charles city. Ellie kew sent in this photo. Now heres video from damage left after last nights storms in floyd county. Powerful winds knocked trees into roadways closing some of them down. Other large tree branches also fell onto powerli. Powerlines. We want to thank the cbs 2 ne shared their pictures of the storms. A number of people posted pictures of the tornadoes that touched down, including this picture taken by sean britt near greene in butler county. You can track storms anytime by downloading the cb
Introduction. I feel like going to door number one or door number two. Thank you for coming. The immediate peg for this evening is the ratification of the 13th amendment. Lets begin by backing up a bit. The army up for junius surrenders at appomattox. Clearly the civil war is over. Plans forhe unions the south for the freed men . I dont think there was any even though plan, president lincoln had put forward various ideas, plans of reconstruction during the civil war. These were primarily geared to winning the war, so to speak, and maybe detaching states from the confederacy. Nobody had really thought through exactly what the status of the freed people was going to be. Leesense, at the time of surrender and shortly afterwards followed by lincolns was theation, this fundamental question facing the country. You might say, what are the consequences . Slavery was still legal in certain parts of the United States. It was pretty clear by this point that slavery was doomed. What were the impli
Thank you for that introduction. I feel like going to door number one or door number two. Thank you for coming. I am the pitching machine, he is the slugger tonight. The immediate peg for this evening is the ratification of the 13th amendment. Lets begin by backing up a bit. April 18, 65. Richmond falls and the army of Northern Virginia surrenders. The civil war is over. What do the victors, what are the unions plans for the south for the freed men . , i dont think there was any single fixed plan, even though president lincoln had put forward various ideas, plans of reconstruction during the civil war. These were primarily geared to winning the war, so to speak, and maybe detaching states from the confederacy. Which would be a considerable aid to the union cause. Nobody had really thought through exactly what the status of the freed people was going to be. In a sense, at the time of lees surrender and shortly afterwards followed by lincolns assassination, this was the fundamental quest
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