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Underground Railroad was a safe passage to help slaves escape to the North. Harriet Tubman was one of the leaders who helped guide slaves to escape to the North. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad
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The compromise of 1850 allowed California to be admitted as a free state, slave trade was prohibited in Washington D.C. but slaveholding was permitted in Washington D.C. and the Fugitive Slave Law is put into effect.
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President Lincoln wins the election and the South leaves the Union.
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Fort Sumter is fired upon and begins the Civil War.
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One of the first big battles of the Civil War that was won by the Confederates led by Stonewall Jackson.
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25,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded.
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7 Days Battle occurred when the Union army tried to take over the Confederate capital and lost.
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Union troops attacked Lee's army in 3 phases. More than 23,000 soldiers lay dead or wounded.
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Gettysburg Address is a famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the end of the three day battle where the Union claimed a victory.
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Reconstruction began after the Civil War had ended to help rebuild the South and help ease them back into the Union. http://www.ushistory.org/us/35.asp
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The South surrendered at Appamatox Courthouse. Lee surrendered to Grant to officially end the war.
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Lincoln was assassinated in Fords Theater by Henry Wilkes Booth.
