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California admitted as a free state. New Mexico and Utah could decide whether they are a free or slave state. No slave trade in Washington D.C.
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required citizens to apprehend runaway slaves
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Popular sovereignty. Voter to decide if slave state or free state.
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Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
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James Buchanan (democrat) defeats John C. Fremont (newly formed Republican Party).
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Chief Justice Roger Taney stated that slaves were property and therefore could not sue.
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John Brown leads failed raid with his family.
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Lincoln wins without winning any electoral votes from the south. (gets 39% popular vote)
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South Carolina leaves the Union.
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Six other states leave the Union, forming the Confederate States of America.
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P.G.T. Beauregard (CSA) open fire on Fort Sumter).
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Union winning until Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's Virginian's made a stand.
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More than 23,000 casualties. Union victory.
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Lee invades the North. CSA orders found wrapped around some cigars. 12,000 killed in the first 3 hours. Neither side one, draw.
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Burnside attacked Lee. Union loses 13,000 while CSA only loses 5,000.
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Freed all enslaved people in rebellious states
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CSA begins draft in April of 1862 and the Union begins draft in March of 1863
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Joeltooker vs Lee. General Lee's greatest victory, but also his greatest loss because he lost Jackson. Jackson was shot in the arm and died from his injuries.
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Nearly 50,000 soldiers died in the three day war. Union victory.
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This cuts the South in half.
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President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that stated why they fight. It also was dedicated to the men.
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Lincoln defeats McClellan (Copperhead), ending any hope of negotiated peace for South
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Total War from Atlanta to Savannah. This was the first time that civilian populations were targets.
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Lincoln and his wife went to a play. John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the head and Lincoln later died from his injuries.
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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in every state.
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Split South into five military zones that were run by the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton.
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It was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States of America to remove certain office-holders without the Senate's approval.
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All persons born in the United States were citizens. Also prevents former CSA from holding political office.
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Grant becomes President.
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Samuel Tilden vs Rutherford B Hayes
Disputed results in Louisiana, Florida, and South Caroling (for Rutherford B Hayes)
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The 15th Amendment stated that no citizen could be denied the right to vote based on the color, race, or previous servitude.
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Joseph Rainey was the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve in Congress.
