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Confederates fire on and capture the Union held Fort Sumter in South Carolina, starting the Civil War.
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Lincoln ordered an invasion of Virginia to take the rebel capital of Richmond. He failed and was forced to take the South seriously.
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The union forces went on attack at Antietam Creek and they fought all day. It was the single most bloody day in American history, but a Northern victory.
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Abraham Lincoln declared that all slaves in the rebel states are now free.
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This was the reason black people were allowed to start serving in the military.
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This was the last battle for the Mississippi river it was won by the North and they gained the River.
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This battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and was won by the Union
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People of New York city riot against drafting people to war.
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General Sherman goes through and burns down several cities from Georgia to the Sea.
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A speech given by President Lincoln prior to the battle at Gettysburg. He is honoring the fallen people at the battle field.
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An amendment abolishing slavery, prohibiting involuntary servitude, and nullifying the Fugitive slave act and the 3/5 compromise
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A government organization that helped freed slaves. They looked for family members and helped educate.
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater. Lincoln dies the next day in a house across the street.
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General Lee surrenders ending the war and Southern hopes.
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Rutherford B Hayes was elected president. He withdrew the last federal troops. Ended Reconstruction.
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All people born in the U.S. were citizens and had the same rights. Blacks can vote.
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Citizens can't be stopped from "voting on account of race or color."
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Plessy goes to court. Court ruled segregation was not against the constitution. Separate, but equal.