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The Articles of Confederation became effective. They established how the US government should work.
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The Constitution created a stronger federal government. Southern states felt the Constitution would not allow them to act independently.
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Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state& Maine as a free state.
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Runaway slaves would be caught in the North and returned to the South. Many Northerners disagreed.
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Republican Party formed. Opposed slavery. Abraham Lincoln became the presidential candidate.
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Now popular sovereignty(voting by the citizens) would decide if a new state would be a free or slave state. Since Kansas and Nebraska were both north of the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchased, it overturned the compromise of 1820. Anti- and pro-slavery groups rushed to Kansas border to vote. Violent fighting broke out and became known as Bleeding Kansas.
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Southern sates ere upset from Abraham Lincolns election and South Carolina seceded.
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Lincoln sent supplies to the fort, but the Confederate forces blocked the supplies. Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter. The Civil War had officially began.
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the Confederate States of America formed.
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Andrew Johnson was quickly swarm into office after president Lincoln died.
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Congress formed Freedman's Bureau.4,000,000 slaves were freed and needed help to new lives.
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president Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth as he watched a play at Ford's Theater. He died early the next day.
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General Lee surrenders his army at the Appomattox Court House. The Civil War was officially over.
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General Lee surrenders his army at the Appomattox Court House, Civil War officially over
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The 14th Amendment was passed that gave African Americans citizenship and said that states had to provide equal protection.
