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5 laws were passed that dealt with slavery,
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Different groups invading Kansas for the vote of popular sovereignty
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Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they want slavery
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Voted that he was not entitled to his freedom and that african americans can never be citizens of the U.S
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Series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
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The confederates attacked it and won, this caused the beginning of the war
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Became the first Republican to win presidency,
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The first major land battle in Virginia.
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General Lee forced Dixon Miles to surrender it
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Was fought as part of the Maryland campaign. It was the first fight on union soil.
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Issued by Abraham Lincoln, announced that all slaves in rebel land are free
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The term Reconstruction Era, in the context of the history of the United States, has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the Civil War; the second sense focuses on the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877
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One of the best known speeches in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the civil war.
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Held more prisoners than any other confederate prison. It was built in early 1864 after Confederate officials decided to move the large number of Federal prisoners in and around Richmond to a place of greater security and more abundant food.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered 28,000 troops to general Ulysses S. Grant
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At first they tried to kidnap him but he wasn't at the area they anticipated. later when they heard what theater he was going to, they planned an assassination
