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Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who helped other slaves gain their freedom. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise. This created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. This means people can choose for them selves if there territories would be a free or slave state. -
John Brown lead a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harper Ferry, Virginia. This was an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy slavery -
This election showed the division within the US before the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the nominee who won the election. -
On this date seven Southern states have seceded from the US. They create their own "country" called the Confederate States of America. -
Forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the US military garrison at for sumpter. In less the 48 hours the fort had surrender although no one was killed -
Confederates fired on fort Sumter. In less that 34 hours later, the union forces surrendered. No one had died in this fight. -
This was the first major battle of the civil war. Many people thought it was going to be a easy win for the union, so some people set up picnics to watch the battle. The confederates ended up winning though. -
Jefferson Davis was elected the first and only president of the confederate states. These states had declared them separate from the Union states. -
This was a war proclamation given by president Lincoln. This freed all slaves in the south and confederate states. -
This was the turning point of the Civil War because Lee's plan to invade the north had failed and the north now had control. This was the bloodiest battle of the war. -
This was the movement of the union army troops of general William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia, with the plan to destroy confederate supplies. This was the demonstration of total war. -
This was the amendment that freed all slaves. This had made owning slaves illigal -
Grant and his army trapped General Lee's army near appomattox court house. This caused Lee and his army to surrender ultimately ending the war. -
The 16th President was at Ford's Theatre when he was shot. He was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. -
This amendment had granted citizenship and equal rights to African Americans. This made all former slaves citizens of the US. -
This Amendment had given the right to any male of any race the right to vote. It said that the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."