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A compromise that addressed the issue of slavery.
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This act created popular sovereignty allowing new states to vote whether they wanted slavery or not. This idea failed terribly.
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When Abraham Lincoln became president, Southerners felt threatened so they broke away from the country.
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Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president even when his name wasn't on most ballots in the south.
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First shots of the war are fired at this fort.
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First major battle of civil war in which the confederates shocked the union and won.
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Bloodiest battle in the whole war and Lincoln declares victory after the fighting
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After Antietam, Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation declaring slaves free.
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The confederates win and they look too tough to be beat.
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Union wins and it issues a turning point in the war favoring the Union.
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The civil war is over with the Union claiming victory.
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Before Lincoln can implement his plans for post-slavery, he is assassinated in Ford's theater by John Wilkes Booth.
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Abolished slavery in the United States
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Equal protection under the law and citizenship to everyone born in the U.S.
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African American males had the right to vote
