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Lincoln is elected President
Lincoln is elected president. He was the first Republican president that opposed slavery. -
South Carolina secede from the union.
This was the first state to secede from US. -
Six more states secede from the Union.
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The Confederate States of America are formed
The states that had seceded met to form a single government, known as the Confederate States of America -
The Civil War officially begins
Confederate troops fired first in South Carolina. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln put the Emancipation Proclamation into effect, making all slaves in northern states free. -
Lincoln is Assassinated
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theater. -
The Confederate army surrenders
The trans-Mississippi confederate troops surrender, ending the Civil War.
