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Uncle Tom's Cabin was a violent story by Harriet B. Stowe moves many to join abolitionists. They sold 300,00 copies in the first year.
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Popular Sovereignty decides slavery in kansas (Henry Clay).
Lawerence burned by pro slavery radicals. 200 people was killed when state collapsed into civil war -
Scott and his owner moved to Wisconsin for 4 years.Scott's owner died after returning to Missouri.
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Brown attacked federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Hoped to use weapons that freed slaves.
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Lincoln- Douglas debates propelled Lincoln's political career into the national spotlight, while simultaneously stifling Douglas' career, and foreshadowing the 1860 election.
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Lincoln's election in 1860 angers South - slaveholders call him "The Black Republican"- S. Carolina secedes on Dec.20, 1860
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On March 4,1861 Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president.
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On April 12,1861 the American Civil War began.
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On July 3,1863 was Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. Also on July 3, General Pickett led 15,000 Confederates. Troops across open fields- Union mowed them down(="Pickett's Charge")
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On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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On April 9,1865 lee surrenders. Terms of surrender were lenient- Lincoln didn't want a humiliated South and further conflict.
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On April 14,1865 the US President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes booth at Ford's Theater in Washington .
