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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman was born a slave and later escaped and helped others using the underground railroad system where slaves would escape by staying at houses. She is one of my woman idols. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This act created the territories between Kansas and Nebraska. It repealed the Missouri compromise. It also allowed for popular sovereignty. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
An effort to initiate a slave revolt in the southern states. -
Election of 1860
The 19th quadrennial presidential election. -
Confederate States of America is formed
unrecognized breakaway republic in North America that wanted slavery. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island protecting Charleston. -
Civil War Begins
The central cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican–American War -
Battle of Bull Run
known as the Battle of First Manassas, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. -
Jefferson Davis elected
Jefferson Davis was elected on November 6 1861 he had been elected president of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy -
Emancipation Proclamation
was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln. -
Gettysburg Battle
A battle around the town of Gettysburg by the union and confederate forces. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
It was a military campaign of the American Civil War. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse
Fought in Appomattox country. Virginia it was one of the last battles of the American Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a play in the theater. -
13th amendment
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery. -
14th amendment
It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people -
15th amendment
guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
