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Civil War events
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Kansas Nebraska act
Added more conflict to the pro-slavery and anti-slavery movements due to the confusion for whether it would continue slavery or not in newfound territories. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown an abolitionist assaulted a southern Federal Armory causing more tension in the Union and a southern Army to be mobilized. -
Secession
South Carolina officially secedes from the Union -
New president
Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States. This added more conflict between the North and the South -
Fort Sumter
President Lincoln sent resources to Fort Sumter and the southern blockade had prevented the escort from reaching the fort. -
Confederacy begins
The Confederate states had formed after several other states seceded from the Union. -
Battle of Antietam
A fight that resulted in Union victory, the proclamation being written as law and General McClellan being replaced by someone more "competent" -
Emancipation Proclamation
This document set millions of slaves free through legal law. -
March to the sea
William T. Sherman made an assault all the way to the south's coast line burning everything in their path. -
More tension grows
Andrew Johnson is elected as president and the infamous Ku Klux Klan is established in the same year to force blacks back into slavery by intimidation or death. -
War draws to a close
General Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomattox court house -
Great Loss
John Wilkes Booth fires upon an unsuspecting Lincoln killing him -
Amending the Past
Thirteenth Amendment was ratified into law -
Reconstruction begins!
The reconstruction of the south begins and is in full swing. Another good thing is Alaska was added to the Union during this time -
The future comes to fruition
Andrew Johnson is impeached and the 14th and 15th amendments are added to our constitution.
Meanwhile terrorism towards the blacks soon get worse and more radical (1870+)
