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Henry Clay proposes the Compromise of 1850 which settles which states are free and which are not. It also amended the fugitive slave act.
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This made it so that is convicted of helping a fugitive slave was subject to a fine and imprisonment.
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Abraham Lincoln became the 16th of the United States despite not his name on most ballots in the south.
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South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union because of Lincoln's presidential victory. This causes other states to secede as well.
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This was the first battle of the Civil War and the confederates won.
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This was the first major battle and the confederates win which shocks the North.
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Robert E Lee makes a mistake resulting in him getting pushed back to Virginia and the union winning the battle. This battle is considered to be the turning point of the war.
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Abraham Lincoln issues the proclamation which freed all the slaves.
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Abraham Lincoln gave a very powerful speech at Gettysburg.
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Sherman marches along Mississippi and captures and destroys Atlanta.
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Abraham Lincoln gets elected for his second term and this is great new for the North.
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General Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox courthouse.
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John Wilkes Booth shoots and kills Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater.
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The Thirteenth Amendment gets ratified and this abolishes slavery.
