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This was an attempt to seek a compromise crisis between the North and the South
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This allowed people in Nebraska and Kansas decide for themselves weather or not to allow slavery within their boarders
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A violent battle involving the fighting of ani-slavery and pro-slavery
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A slave, Dred Scott, was free where African Americans were not able to be free
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Known as the Great debates; series of 7 debates between President Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen Douglas
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One month after he was elected the Civil War started; he also helped stop slavery
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Was built after the War of 1812 and was used to protect the harbors; the Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle in the Civil War
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This was the the first major battle of the civil war and resulted in Confederate victory
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John Brown lead a small group on a raid against a federal armory In Harpers Ferry, Virginia in attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery
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First battle of the Civil War fought on Northern soil; the Union victory resulted in President Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
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It led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States; only freed slaves in confederate slave states, not union slave holding states
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It was delivered by Lincoln at the dedication of the Solider's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Largest military prison in the time of the Civil War
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President started planning this for an end to the Civil War
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General Robert Lee surrendered to the Union Army
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John Wilkes Booth planned to kill him as part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the Confederate cause
