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Proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. Provided that California be admitted as a free state.
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Required Northern states to return runaway slaves to their owners in the South and established harsh penalties for individuals assisting runaway.
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Republican is founded.
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Established popular sovereignty. This divided the North and the South.
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Single most bloodiest battle in the Civil War. First shot fired at Fort Sumter on Union.
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The confederates looked too tough to be beat. Confederates received the victory.
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Stonewall Jackson gets killed. The confederates win.
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This is the turning point of the war. The union gets their confidence back and win.
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The union gains control of the Mississippi. Union wins.
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Union wins. The Union captured and destroyed Atlanta.
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Capital of the confederates, Richmond, falls to the union. The war is over.
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Abolished slavery in the U.S. black codes.
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The Freedman's Bureau is established.
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Congress passes the first reconstruction act.
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Grant becomes president.
