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Lincoln held all of the Free states and none of the slave states. When the results of the election were announced many in South Carolina and Charleston started meeting to discuss succession.
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Lincoln had promised to keep slaves in states that wanted to leave, he ended up winning the Election, which caused states to secede.
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Since lincoln's election seven states had left the union worried that lincoln would rid slavery. The south seceded and formed the confederate states of america. In his inaugural address he promised to not interfere with slavery where it existed.
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In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas adopt the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. This constitution gave extensive power to states.
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The confederacy opened fire on Fort Sumter bright and early on April 12. On April 13th Major Robert Anderson, Garrison surrendered fort sumter and evacuated the next day.
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"It rallied behind Lincoln's call on April 15, for all the states to send troops to recapture the forts from the secessionists, to put down the rebellion and to preserve the Union intact."
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Bloodiest day 22,000 or more casualties even though the battle was inclusive. Near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign.
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It declared that all slaved in the rebellious states were free. But in the end it did not free a single slave and was a turning point war.
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One of the most important battles of the war is called the turning point of the civil war. This is because the union won its first battle.
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It was ratified on December 6, 1865
declared that Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States. -
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Battle of Appomattox Court House only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end.
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John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. He most likly wouldn't have been killed if Liconls body gaurds stayed watch.
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The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.
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