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Nat Turner and a group of enslaved African Americans, killed 60 whites. After the rebellion Nat Turner and a hundred others were executed for their actions -
The Americans went to war against Mexico to their west. The Americans gained land to their South West
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A novel named Uncle Tom's Cabin, this novel attacks the idea on slavery. This has great influence in the North and creates irritation in the South -
The Publican Party is formed. They are against the idea of Slavery spreading further west. -
This case states that slaves are always the property of their owners even if they are taken into free states. This decision is granted in the South but makes the North want to make slavery illegal
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John Brown a anti slavery campaigner raids the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His idea was to steal weapons to start a slave rebellion. The union army stops him and he is hanged
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The Democratic Party splits into Northern and Southern Democrats. This gains the election of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the USA. This creates a situation for South Carolina to leave the Union and become the first south state too.
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The CSA (Confederate States of America) is formed, with this the states involved leave the union. Jefferson Davis become president for the South.
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The Confederates fire upon Fort Sumter. This decision from the CSA sparks the beginning of the American Civil War -
This is the first battle of the civil war, this battle ends in a win for the south -
The North successfully hold of the South. This battle is called a victory for the Union, but had a massive lost of lives -
This battle attacks the South and in this process the Union had heavy losses and was forced to withdraw -
The Emancipation proclamation was an official document which stated that all slaves would be considered free -
President Lincoln was re-elected as the president for his 2nd term
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Abraham Lincoln was shoot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. He was shoot dead at the Ford's Theatre