Presidential Administration 1860-1877

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  • Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States.

    Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States.

  • South Carolina seceded from the United States.

  • Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of the Ironclads- Monitor aand Merrimack

  • The Battle of _______________

    Early in the morning of April 6, Confederate forces led by Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard launhed a surprise attack on the Union troops.

  • Union naval forces under ___________ captured New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Emanipation Proclamation was issued

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Abraham Lincoln was reelected to the presidency.

  • States ratified the Thirteenth Amendment

  • The Civil War ends at Appomattox Cout House in Virginia.

  • Andrew Johnson becomes President

    Andrew Johnson becomes President

  • Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

  • Andrew Johnson becomes President.

  • Congress passed ____________which called for the creation of new governments in the 10 Southern states that had not ratified the Fourteenth Amendment.

  • Outraged by President Johnson's actions, the House of Representatives voted to ________the president.

  • Ulysses S. Grant was elected President in 1868.

    Ulysses S. Grant was elected President in 1868.

  • Fifteenth Amendment extends voting rights.

  • Hayes wins the presidency.

    Hayes wins the presidency.

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