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Harriet Tubman was born a slave and later escaped and helped other escaped using the Underground Railroad system where slaves would escape by staying at houses hidden along the journey.
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This act created the territories between Kansas and Nebraska. It repealed the Missouri compromise. It also allowed for popular sovereignty. -
An effort to initiate a slave revolt In the Southern states.
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The 19th quadrennial presidential election -
Unrecognized breakaway republic in North America that wanted slavery. -
Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island
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The central cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican–American War. -
First major battle of the American Civil War, also known as the Battle of First Manassas.
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Jefferson Davis was elected on November 6,1861 after previously being elected president of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy.
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A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln -
Battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
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Military campaign of the American Civil War. -
Fought in Appomattox County, Virginia it was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a play in the theatre. -
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people -
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
