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  • Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

    Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

    Harriet Tubman helped many slaves escape their plantations.
  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas Nebraska Act

    A bill to organize the Nebraska territory
  • John Browns raid on Harper Ferry

    John Browns raid on Harper Ferry

    To initiate a slave revolt, John Brown took over Harpers Ferry, a US aresenal.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    The election for the 19th president held on November 6, 1860. Abe Lincoln was elected.
  • Confederate States of America is formed

    Confederate States of America is formed

    South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    One of the last union forts. Very low on supplies. Union lost, starting the civil war,
  • Civil war Beginning

    Civil war Beginning

    Confederate troops fired at Fort Sumter. Union surrendered starting the war.
  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    The first major battle of the civil war. Confederate won the battle.
  • Jefferson Davis elected

    Jefferson Davis elected

    Jefferson Davis was elected to lead the Confederate states.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Abe Lincoln made a proclamation stating "all slaves held as persons shall be free".
  • Gettysburg Battle

    Gettysburg Battle

    The turning point of Civil War. The bloodiest battle of the war. The win for the union stopped Lees marching North.
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Sherman’s March to the Sea

    The purpose was to frighten the Georgias civilian population into abandoning the Confederate. Shermans troops stole food, livestock and burned houses and barns of people who fought back.
  • Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse

    Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse

    US grant cased Robert Lees army and surrounded them. They surrendered at Apoomattox courthouse.
  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    John Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford Theater. John Booth thought that Lincoln would overthrow the south and slavery.
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    The 13th amendment ended slavery and made slavery a crime.
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Everyone that is a US citizen gets all the same privileges as every other US citizen.
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    The rights of every US citizen to vote.

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