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US Presidential election. Abraham Lincoln won the electoral college vote. -
The Southern states formed together to preserve slavery and separate themselves from the union. -
Marked the beginning of the Civil War. Confederate State forces attacked a US military garrison.
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Fought 30 miles from Washington. Called the First Battle of Manassas by the Confederates. Confederate Victory. -
Jefferson was the first and last president of the Confederate States. -
The first bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The first battle where the anaconda plan was used, was the Union Victory. -
Stopped the Confederates from invading Maryland. Union victory gave Abraham Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Issued by President Lincoln. Declared that ¨all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free¨. Freed 4 million enslaved people. -
Union took control of the Mississippi River. Confederate Arny surrendered to the general. Union victory.
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Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Turning point in the war. Ended Confederate Generals attempt to invade the North. -
Speech giving by President Lincoln to remind the Union what they were fighting for and to boost morale. -
Conducted by the general of the Union army. Scared Georgia´s civilians into abandoning the Confederate cause.
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Robert Lee (General of the Confederate Forces) surrendered his army. Ended the Civil War. -
John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the back of the head at Ford´s Theatre. -
Was the formal abolishment of slavery.