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Harriet Tubman was a women who escaped slavery. She went to the North to be free and started working on the Underground Railroad to free more slaves. She did 13 trips and rescued around 70 enslaved people.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act became a law on May 30, 1854. It repealed the Missouri Compromise. It also allowed popular sovereignty and created two new territories. The antislavery and the proslavery tried to sway the vote by flooding the territories.
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From October 16-18 abolitionist John Brown took over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia. He did this to initiate a slave revolt in the Southern States.
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During the Election of 1860, the South didn't feel like they had a voice in politic because the Democratic party was split over slavery. Many states had also seceded form the Union.
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In 1860 11 of states seceded from the United States. This was after the election of President Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis led the confederate states.
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Lincoln had to make the hard choice of sending supplies so they wouldn't have to surrender, but if he sends the supplies, the South will fire on the fort. Lincoln ended up sending the supplies and the South fired on Fort Sumter leaving the Union to surrender.
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The Civil War began when the confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter. The Union then surrendered about 34 hours later. This has usually been marked as the beginning of the Civil War.
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Both the Union and Confederate armies attack each other near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The Union troops went to Washington D.C. to strike the Confederate army along the river called Bull Run.
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Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America on November 6, 1861. This confirmed the decision that had been made by the Confederate Congress earlier in that year.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was freeing slaves only in areas controlled by the confederacy which became effective on January, 1, 1863.
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The Gettysburg Battle was fought on July 1-3, 1863. It was the largest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The Union won this battle and it was a very important win for them because it stopped Lee's plan of invading the North.
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General Sherman did a campaign to destroy the South's railroads and industries which provided Lincoln the victory he needed to help him win reelection.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army when they were trapped near the Appomattox Court House. Ulysses S. Grant lead to the end of the bloodiest conflict in American history.
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The Assassination of President Lincoln was on April 14, 1865. He was at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. and got shot in the back of his head by actor John Booth.
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On January 31, 1865 Congress passed the 13th Amendment. It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
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The 14th Amendment granted equal civil and legal rights to enslaved people and African Americans who had been emancipated after the Civil War.
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The 15th Amendment says that the right to vote cannot be denied based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
