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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
On this date Harriet Tubman escaped from her plantation and started the underground railroad -
Kansas Nebraska act
they wanted to extend the boarder to increase the amount of states that could have slavery -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Made it so that more free states could become slave states -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Made to expand the boarder for the slave states. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
revolt used to prevent slaves from going on strike. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Revolution to prevent slaves from going on strike -
Election of 1860
election for the new president that would be serving from 1860-1864 -
election of 1860
election for the new POTUS that would be serving from 1861-1865 -
Confederate States of America is formed
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Confederate States of America is formed
They met to create the Confederate United states of America -
Fort Sumter
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Fort Sumter
A battle in which the confederacy took over the union's fort -
Civil War Begins
The war officially begins -
Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Bull Run
First Major battle in the civil war where people came to watch and had picnics because they thought it was going to be very short-lived when in fact, it was not at all. -
Jefferson Davis elected
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Jefferson Davis Elected
Jefferson Davis is elected the new president of the United States of America -
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation that made it so that all slaves in the confederate states of America would be declared free. -
Gettysburg Battle
Confederacy's second invasion on the Northern United States. Union wins -
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Sherman's March to The Sea
William Tecumseh Sherman lead 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse
One of the last battles of the civil war fought in Virginia. -
Abe Lincoln Assasination
Abe Lincoln shot in theater while watching a play by John Wilks Booth. -
13th Ammendment
The amendment that abolished slavery -
14th amendment
This amendment granted citizenship to blacks -
15th amendment
granted African Americans the right to vote