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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott sued executor of his former master under state-citizenship diversity jurisdiction of federal courts -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown gathered armed abolitionists to Harper's Ferry, Virginia -
Election
Republican party won the election (Abraham Lincoln elected president) -
Civil War
The Civil War began after Confederate attacked Fort Sumter -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln announced proclamation to free all slaves within rebellious states -
Election
Reelection of president Abraham Lincoln -
Civil War
End of Civil War -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was shot during a show -
13th Amendment
Ratified to abolish slavery in United States -
Election
Ulysses S. Grant was voted president -
15th Amendment
Ratified to allow African American men to vote -
Civil Rights Act
Equality for all men before the law and prohibited racial discrimination in public places -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme court upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws