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The Compromise of 1850 was five separate bills passed by the United States Congress.
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Dred Scott was unsuccessful in suing for his and his family's freedom in the United States Supreme Court.
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John Brown was unsuccessful on raiding Harper's Ferry to try and start a slave revolt.
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Confederate forces fired the shots at Fort Sumter that were the first shots of the Civil War.
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The First Battle of Bull Run was the first battle of the Civil War.
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The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation changed the status of more than three million enslaved people in the South from slave to free.
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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was a series of laws meant to help reconstruct the United States after the Civil War.
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The Union gained control of the Mississippi River after their victory.
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The Battle of Gettysburg prevented a Confederate invasion of the North.
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The Battle of Missionary Ridge was part of the Chattanooga Campaign.
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The XIIIth (Thirteenth) Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
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The Battle at Appomattox Courthouse was one of the last battles of the Civil War, which the Confederates surrendered at.
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John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head while he was watching a play at Ford's Theatre, and he died the next day.
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Andrew Johnson became President of the United States after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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The Election of 1876 was one of the most controversial presidential elections in American history.
