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They proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law, but California was to be admitted as a free state.
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Scott wasn't consider a person under the U.S constitution, and property could not be taken from a person without due process of law. "Slaves were private property, thus no decision needs to be made."
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Abraham Lincoln becomes President, because of this South Carolina is the first state to leave the union.
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Six more states, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all leave the Union. Jefferson Davis becomes the president for the confederates.
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The south fires at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, start of the Civil War.
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The Battle of Big Bethel is first land battle of the war, fought in Virginia. Robert E. Lee and the Confederates win this battle
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The Battle of Bull Run was fought in Virginia, the Union Army drives back Confederate forces, but with the help of more troops under Thomas Jonathan Jackson they make the Union retreat. Jackson never left the front lines and earned the name "Stonewall" Jackson.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville, also known as Lee's greatest victory. Lee decided to to split the army with "Stonewall" Jackson and flank the Union Army instead of retreating. Although they won this battle, Jackson got shot and died from his injuries.
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Ulysses S. Grant becomes new general for the Union, recommended by Abraham.
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Lee signs the document of surrender at the Appomattox Court House.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC.
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia.
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The official ending of the Civil War.
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Andrew Johnson becomes president after Lincolns assassination because he was the vice president
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The right of all citizens of the United States can vote
