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Although a minority candidate, Abraham Lincoln was nominated President, defeating John C. Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell ( Constitutional Union), and Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat).
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Additionally the Confederate States of America was formed at this point.
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Confederate troops opened fire upon Union troops at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleson, South Carolina, beginning the Civil
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Lee's love for his home state of VA drives him to pledge his support to the CSA.
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23,000 American casualities
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Bill passed as part of the Second Conscription Act that provided for service exemption for individuals who owned 20+ slaves. "A rich man's war, but a poor man's fight."
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This declaration freed slaves ONLY in rebel states.
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End of the Civil War
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John Wilks Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln in Fords Theater on April 14, 1865, and Lincoln dies the next morning.
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The 13th Amerndment is adpoted, abolishing slavery
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In response to Black Codes keeping African Americans from voting, Radical Republicans gatered to reinstate the Constitutional Convention. Democrats were outraged. Figthing and riots resulted.
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Equal protection under the law
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Hiram was the firs African American to serve in the U.S. Senate. He represented Mississippi.
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This act of the Reconstruction Era protected the right of African Americans to receive equal teatment in public places and transportation. In 1883 the Supreme Court declared this act Unconstitutional.
