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Harriet Tubman was a slave who escaped and later became a "conductor" for the Underground railroad helping other slaves escape.
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It allowed popular sovereignty and created 2 new territories.
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John Brown wanted to initiate a slave revolt on the Harpers Ferry army.
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It was an election for the 19th quadrennial president. Abraham Lincoln won.
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The Confederates attacked the United States at Fort Sumter. Nobody died, but it marks the start of the Civil War.
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The start of the Civil War
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The Confederates won this battle and forced the Union to retreat.
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Jefferson Davis was elected as the President for the Confederates.
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It declared that every slave in rebellious states are free.
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Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion against the United States. The Union got the victory.
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The Union army of General William Sherman had the objective of destroying the Confederates supplies
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Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in the Appomattox Courthouse.
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People from the South believed the Confederacy could be restored so John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln.
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Slavery is abolished
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African Americans were granted equal rights and citizenship
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Granted African American men the right to vote
