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•A network of secret routes and safe houses to help slaves escape to freedom in the North.
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•This changes the face of communication for the entire world and allows an information to spread more quickly and easily than ever before
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•Shortly after his election, the Confederate States secede from the Union, starting the Civil War
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•Largest Civil War Battles and turning point of the war, leading to a Union victory.
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•Lincoln was assassinated 5 days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee (after the Civil War ended)