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A slave rebelion started by Nat Turner. 57 white people killed mostly women and children. in result over 200 slaves killed
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california is a free state this angers the south
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showed north the horror of slavery
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created Kansas and Nebraska both states would be able to decide if slavery was allowed or not
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fights between proslavery and anislavery factions become known as bleeding Kansas
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supreme court ruled that slaves were property and could never become a citizen of the united states
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john brown attacks a southern armory hoping slaves will rise and join his cause not one slave joins him and he is killed with his sons
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revolutionary gun allows multiple rounds to fired without reloading. the gun was considered to weak for military isue but some people used the weapon with great success
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south hates linolns ideals pushing them closer to secesion
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Mississippi secedes followed by other southern states
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south creates their own government electing Jefferson Davis as provisoinal president
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south hates linolns ideals pushing them closer to secesion
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fort sumter attacked by south. attack starts at 4:30 in the morning
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Lee declines comand three days after viginia secedes from the union. Lee is again slavery but is a virginia native and stays loyal to his state.
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first every battle between two iron clad ships. this compleatly changes the war and how navys fight forever
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grant lands for constuction of railroads and telegraph lines
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granted blacks to fight
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bloodiest single day in american history to date
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created by a doctor after seeing the casulty numbers hebuilt a gun with 6 barrels allowing a group of three men to fire at the rate of 100 men.
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finally stated that the war was about slavery. it gave the north new moral to fight.
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most deaths in single battle through the entire war
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use of total war tactics to destroy southern land and property. crushes southern moral
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the coference failed and the war continued
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lee surrenders to union forces