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Confederates fire on and capture the union held for sumter in south carolin staring the civil war
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Lincoln Plans to take the capitol of Virginia and quickly squash out the southern rebellion.
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The single bloodiest battle where the north successfully kept the south out of the north but let them retreat when cpt McClelland didn't keep fighting.
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The proclamation that all slaves of rebellious states were freed and were able to join the army.
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The most famous all black regiment that charged in first during the fort wagner.
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Battle started by skirmishes over shoes that escalated into the biggest battle of the civil war
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Battle at the last confederate fort on the Mississippi that gave control to the union
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Riots started because of random drafts that favored the rich
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Lincolns speech after the fallen where to be buried became one of the most famous presidential speeches.
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Sherman marches through southern towns destroying tracks, looting towns, and burning houses capturing Atlanta in the process
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Congress passes an amendment the abolishes slavery and nullifies the fugitive slave act and the 3/5 ths compromise
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Lincoln's government plan to help former slaves join society through education and equality
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The confederacy surrenders to the union and they agree on generous terms to rebuild the country.
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Lincoln is shot in the head by Jon wilkes booth while attending a play
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Amendment passed that gave citizenship and there for equal rights to black Americans
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The amendment that gave all citizens a right to vote because of laws in the south preventing black Americans from voting
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The North takes its troops out of the south
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Plessy sat in a white train and was arrested going all the way to the supreme court when they ruled that segregation was ok