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of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. -
This act created Kansas and Nebraskas Territories. -
Abolitionist John Brown initiated a slave revolt by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry,
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A time before the Civil war where there were 4 strong candidates for presidency. The political parties were in a flux. -
Americas Formed -
The confederate states of america attacked the united states garrison at fort sumter. The Fort surrendered, however this started the Civil War. -
Civil War starts -
Also Known as the first Manasas, was the first major battle of the civil war. There were 3000 Union Casualties and 1750 confederate casualties. The confederates won.
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Jefferson Davis gets elected.
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." This was stated by Abraham Lincoln
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A battle fought in Gettysburg where the Union won. It would give the North a major morale boost and put an end to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's bold plan to invade the North.
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A movement of the Union army troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia seacoast, with the objective of destroying Confederate supplies. -
Slavery is Abolished
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Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln is shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth -
It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War. -
guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
