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The Compromise of 1850 provided for popular sovereignty to be used in New Mexico and Utah on the issue of slavery.
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The Kansas- Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty to be used in deciding slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not free and not a citizen. The ruling also reinforced the idea that slaves were only property.
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The Lincoln- Douglas debates were a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in an Illinois Senate race.
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John Brown an abolitionist attempted a raid on Harper's Ferry to seize the federal arsenal to lead a slave uprising.
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Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
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South Carolina would become the first southern state to secede from the Union.
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In February 1861 the states that seceded from the Union form the Confederate States of America.
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The first battle of the Civil War occurred just 25 miles away from Washington D.C..
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The battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania turned out to be a turning point of the war, as a victory by the Union proved Robert E. Lee was able to be beaten.
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President Lincoln's memorable speech after the Battle of Gettysburg that helped the country realize that it was one country not just a collection of states.
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The Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House ends the American Civil War.
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On April 14th, 1865 President Lincoln is shot by actor John Wilkes Booth and days a day later on April 15th.
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The ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery for good in the United States of America.
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A political deal to decide the election of 1876 brings about the end of reconstruction.
