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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave, that helped other slaves escape to freedom. The underground railroad was the road and the people that helped them. -
Kansas/Nebraska Act
They did this to try and decide if they should be a slave or a free state. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
A drunk mob attacks (murders) William Thompson after the death of their Mayor. -
Election of 1860
This election is where President Lincoln our 16th president was election -
Confederate States of America is formed
Most of the slave/south states secede from the United States of America -
Fort Sumter
Is considered the 'start of the Civil War' -
Start of the Civil War
The official start of the Civil War -
Battle of Bull Run
This battle was supposed to be the first battle and the final battle of the Civil War. It turned into a blood bath. -
Jefferson Davis elected
Jefferson Davis was elected to be the Confederate president -
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaring that all the slaves in the Confederacy shall be freed -
Gettysburg Battle
The bloodiest battle in American history, and the turning of the war -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
The final piece to the Anaconda plan -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse
Where the end officially ended, and the Confederacy surrendered. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play. He was shot in the head. -
13th amendment
This amendment abolished slavery everywhere and made is illegal -
14th amendment
This amendment made it impossible to have states make laws, to restrict the citizen's rights. -
15th amendment
15th amendment made sure that no one could be denied their rights because of skin color, race, sex or religion .
