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Harriet tubman was an escaped slave that helped other slaves escape using the underground railroad. The underground railroad used abolitionists who were willing to help give slaves a place to rest and directions to freedom -
act that created territories between kansas and nebraska -
John brown's effort to start a slave revolt at the united states arsenal in harper ferry -
Election where abraham lincoln was elected, this election basically was the reason the southern states left for fear he would end slavery -
Southern states of america that broke away from the United States out of fear abraham lincoln would end slavery. This break away caused the civil war and hundreds of thousands of deaths -
Attack on fort sumter where the united states surrendered and effectively started the civil war -
Confederate troops fired on fort sumter and made the union surrender starting the civil war -
First major battle of the civil war, union expected easy victory, lost embarrassingly and were forced to retreat -
Jefferson Davis was elected president of the confederate states of america, he ran unopposed. -
Freed all slaves in the southern states but since these states didn't listen to the U.S it didn't do much besides encouraging slaves to join the union army -
Fought in and around gettysburg, most casualties of any battle in the civil war and could be the turning point for the north due to their victory -
Lincoln needs a win to get reelected, Sherman provides by taking atlanta and savannah. They did this by destroying railroads and industries -
abolished slavery -
This was where General grant forced general lee to surrender effectively ending the civil war -
lincoln was assassinated while he was watching a play by John Wilkes Booth -
Granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S including former slaves -
Gives any citizen the right to vote regardless of race or color
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