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Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
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South Carolina seceded from the Union
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Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederacy
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president
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Battle at Fort Sumter was fought
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Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation
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Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address
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The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery
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General Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House
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President Lincoln was Assassinated