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John Brown and several followers seized an armory and an arsenal at Harper's Ferrycausing many concerns about slavery.
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They were formed by states that left for their ideals on how to live as they didnt want to give up everything they had and their president was Jefferson davis.
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Lincoln goes up against bell, douglas, and brekenridge and won with 50 percent of the electral votes.
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South Carolina was the first state to leave the union. All the states that did leave later left for worries of losing their slaves and all their money, real estate and the radicalization of the govenment.
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Lincoln won again even though he was very unpopular after winning their first big battle of the war it gave him many more votes.
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Lincoln suspended the "Writ of Habeas Corpus" when John Merryman was arrested and his lawyer called the "Writ of Habeas Corpus", but the supreme court stated that lincoln had no power to issue that. Later on it was suspended a second time and civilians are not subjects to military court.
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Also known as the first manassas which was fought in virginia and was one of the first battles of the american civil war. By July 22, the shattered Union army reached the safety of Washington.
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This was implimented by Lincoln after he signed the revenue act. It added a 3 percent tax income fund the civil war.
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The Confiscation Act of 1861 was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting court proceedings for confiscation of any of property being used to support the Confederate independence effort, including slaves.
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The USS intercepted a british mail packet RMS Trent and removed it as contraband of war, and two confederate diplomates James Mason and John Slidell.
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First Battle of Iron Clads merrimac was on the side of the north and moniter was of tyhe south, the north won.
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Major battle in a theatre in tennesee. In the end over 23,000 people died and is one of the bloodiest battles of all time.
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It was a huge victory for the union during the anerican civil war. when they went to seize it. they were unopposed.
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A land-grant university is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862.
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It stated that any confederate military, official, or civilian didn't surrender in 60 days that their slaves would be freed in criminal procedings.
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This was the first battle on northern soil of the civil war, it was Robert Lee's against George McClellan. In this battle George was lost to lee's army.
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Lincon announces a very quick 3 minute speech after the first big win for the unions then and this rid all slaves from and many of them joined the army.
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during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army. A form of conscription, the controversial act required the enrollment of every male citizen and those immigrants who had filed for citizenship above ages 20 and usually below 40-50
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In May and June of 1863general Ulysses S. Grant’s armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army, Grant's successes in the West boosted his reputation Greatly.
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Here was a huge political part when George McClellan ran against Lincon using the ideas of peace.
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This is when Sherman Led almost 60,000 men into georgia to try to scare all the civilians as a goal to make them drop the confederate cause.
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This formally abolished slavery in the united states,
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Virginia was the capitol of the confederacy and was attacked numerous times until it eventually fell.
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It was the final battle where lee's army fought until they surrendered to grant's army. This was at the court house in Appomattox.
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Lincon was assassinated by John wilks booth while watching a play