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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.
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They did this to try and decide if they should be a slave or a free state.
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A drunk mob attacks (murders) William Thompson after the death of their Mayor.
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This election is where President Lincoln our 16th president was election
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Most of the slave/south states secede from the United States of America -
Is considered the 'start of the Civil War'
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The official start of the Civil War
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This battle was supposed to be the first battle and the final battle of the Civil War. It turned into a blood bath.
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Jefferson Davis was elected to be the Confederate president
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Declaring that all the slaves in the Confederacy shall be freed
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The bloodiest battle in American history, and the turning of the war
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The final piece to the Anaconda plan
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Where the end officially ended, and the Confederacy surrendered.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play. He was shot in the head.
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This amendment abolished slavery everywhere and made is illegal
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This amendment made it impossible to have states make laws, to restrict the citizen's rights.
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15th amendment made sure that no one could be denied their rights because of skin color, race, sex or religion .
