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The anti-slavery group made the Republican Party.
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Allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to vote if slavery would be allowed or not.
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Lincoln was elected president, running in the Republican party. He won with 180 electoral votes.
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South Carolina held a secession convention in Charleston to depart from the United States. The debate was quick and short, South Carolina remained in the Union.
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Under this order, commanders could arrest and detain individuals who were deemed threatening to military operations.
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During his second inaugural address, Lincoln called out slavery, saying it was the reason for the war.
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The bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston. Began the Civil War.
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Once Virginia seceded, the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond.
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The first major battle of the Civil War.
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Jefferson Davis was elected to serve a 6-year term as president of the Confederate States of America.
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History's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare.
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Crucial victory for the Union during the war.
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Robert E. Lee joined as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, leading it to be the most successful southern army of the Civil War.
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The deadliest one-day battle in American military history. It showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army.
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One of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War.
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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A major victory for Robert E. Lee.
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Fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces.
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General John C. Pemberton surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Vicksburg.
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The government attempted to enforce the draft in New York City and it ignited the most destructive civil disturbance in the city's history.
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Lincon's speech after the battle of Gettysburg. He urged people to remember those who died and to honor the constitution.
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Atlanta was captured and it threatened the stability of the Confederacy.
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Abraham Lincon defeats democratic nominee, Geroge McClellan.
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Sherman made an expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines.
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Congress passed the amendment that ended slavery.
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Provided food, clothing, healthcare, and education for both black and white refugees in the south.
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The Union catches Richmond.
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Rober E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant which ended the Civil War.
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John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincon at Peterson House, Washington D.C.
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John Wilkes Booth was killed 12 days after he assassinated Lincon.