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Allows for the admission of California as a free state and applies the notion of "popular sovereignty" to Utah and New Mexico territories.
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South Carolina secedes from the union. Followed with in 2 months 6 other states creating the confederate.
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Jefferson Davis was elected the first president for the confederate states.
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Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln was only chosen to be president by northerns , southerns didnt vote for him.
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at 4;30 AM confederates under Gen Pierre Beauregard opens fire with 50 cannons in Fort Sumter. The Civil war begins.
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The battle of Bull run was the first major of the civil war. It was an confederate victory.
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Army of Potomac under gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia. With a loss of 12,653 men.
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Emancipation Proclamation finally goes into effect. The proclamation freed slaves in the south,
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The confederate are defeated by the union. A major win for the Union. This battle lasted for 3 days July 1-3.
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The last confederate stronghold on the Mississippi river surrenders. The union now controls the river . the confederate is split into two.
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President Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkons Booth.
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The union captured the confederate president. They captured Jefferson Davis
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The last battle of the civil war was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major confederate army- ending the civil war.
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the 13th amendment was added to the constitution passed by congress. Abolishing slavery making all slaves free people
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Ulysses S. Grant was elected president. He was the commanding general and help lead the union to victory in the civil war.