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Free African Americans and those who escaped to the North were now required to be returned to their owners.
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John Brown attempted to incite an armed slave revolt be raiding a weapon store in Harpers Ferry. It didn't go well and incited further tension between the North and South.
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Abraham Lincoln won the election, much to the dissatisfaction of the South.
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South Carolina seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.
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First exchange of fire in the war.
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Other states between the North and South begin to secede and join the Confederacy.
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First major battle, Confederate victory.
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Confederates win again and send Union troops back to D.C.
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Bloodiest say in the Civil war but inconclusive.
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Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves in the south, not including slave states still in the Union. Didn't do a whole lot but was symbolic.
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Confederate forces are repelled from invading Pennsylvania and pushed back.
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Union forces split the Confederate army in two. A major victory.
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Urban poor begin to riot against the conscription act in fear of competition from freed slaves.
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Abraham Lincoln gives his famous address and helps unite the Union.
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General Sherman engages in total warfare to break confederate morale.
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Lincoln's successes in battle help propel him to a second term.
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General Lee surrendered and the war was effectively over.