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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Harriet was a slave who escaped and helped other slaves escape through the "underground railroads" -
The Kansas Nebraska act
When the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
Lead a small group on a raid to destroy the institution of slavery -
Election of 1860
Division between the Untied States before the civil war -
Confederate States of America is formed
11 states seceded from the Union to be in the Confederacy those states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina -
Fort Sumter
Since Major Anderson didn't surrender after being warned the South bombed Fort Sumter from all places -
Battle of Bull Run
The Union and Confederates fight and realize its not an easy fight -
Jefferson Davis Elect
Davis wasn't happy with the job he wanted to be in a military position -
Emancipation Proclamation
A proclamation stating that all slaves should be freed -
Gettysburg battle
Battle between the Union and Conference won by Union and was the turning point of the civil war -
Shermans march to sea
Sherman and 60,00 other soldiers marched from Atlanta to Georgia to scare Georgia into leaving the Confederate cause -
13th amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude unless as used as a form of punishment -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse
A battle that ended in Robert E Lee's surrendering -
Civil war begins
The civil war was fought by the Confederates and the United States over slavery -
Abraham Lincolns assassination
The 16th president gets shot in the head by John Wilks Booth -
14th amendment
Granted citizenship to born/neutralized in America including slaves and granted equal protecting of laws -
15th amendment
The right of citizens to vote cant be denied by the United States for someone's race, color or servitude