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16th President of the united states.
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the creators of the Constitution limited the authority of the national government by creating 3 branches of government so one branch couldnt overthrow the others.
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divide the area of the Nebraska territory into two terretories.
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the namesake given to Kansas due to the violence that erupted over the vote on slavery in the territory.
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a series of formal political debates.
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a series of resolutions presented to the Senate by Henry Clay to tackle the issue of the statehood of the expanding state of California.
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First major land battle of the American Revolution.
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the fall of this Union hold, which was on an island in Charleston, South Carolina, brought the begining of the Civil War.
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a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee's near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines.
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a speech by U.S. President Lincoln , considered one of the most well known in American History.
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Confederate-at-war-camp (Fort Sumter)
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Robert E. Lee and his army surrendered to General Grant ending the bloodiest conflict in the nations history.
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John Wilkes Booth took the life of the President at Ford's Theatre.
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brought about a major Supreme Court decision, whose owner took him from the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois.
