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California came in as a Free State--western states could vote for whether they would be Free or Slave
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His election came at a time of national crisis over slavery
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consisted of six southern slave states that seceded from the United States
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Fort Sumter is attacked by the confederates, beginning the Civil War
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Lee declines command for the Union because he doesn't want to fight against his home state of Virginia.
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This led to the Confederate Capital moving to Richmond Virginia. Because of this many Civil War battles took place in Virginia.
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This was the first major batte of the Civil War.
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This was the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War.
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This freed all the slaves in captured cities in the south.
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Victory in the Battle of Vicksburg gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
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This was the turning point of the Civil War. The Confederates lost so many men they had to surrender.
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Lincoln meets with the confederate Vice President of the Hampton Wars. These talks fail and the war continues.
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Robert E. Lee secedes to Grant here and the war is now over.
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Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth.
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The 13th Amendment is passed and slavery is now abolished.
