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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses. Harriet Tubman helped 300 people in 19 trips. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act canceled the Missouri Compromise. It created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
It John Brown and a group of his supporters left to go take over Harpers Ferry. -
Election of 1860
This election showed division between the U.S. and it pushed the nation into war. -
Confederate States of America is formed
The Southern states seceded and fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was attacked on April 12 and it lasted 34-hours. Anderson and his 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13. -
Civil War Begins
On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. This started the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War. It showed that it would be a long war. -
Jefferson Davis elected
On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis, was elected president of the Confederacy on February 9, 1861. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation was made by Abraham Lincoln and said "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Gettysburg Battle
The Gettysburg Battle was fought around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was won by the Union and General George Meade. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was a Union victory. After capturing Atlanta, Sherman's army marched 285 miles to the town of Savannah. -
13th amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse
It was fought on April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, and led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. -
14th amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
15th amendment
The 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.