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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave and she helped other slaves escape also. She lead the other slaves to the underground railroad. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
It was an act that created two new territories. It was a very violent uprising also known as the "Bleeding Kansas", and it was proslavery and antislavery. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown and a couple of people left. They captured people and the federal army. -
Election of 1860
The election happened before the Civil war. After the election the civil war began between the Union and the Confederate army's. -
Confederate States of America is formed
People in the south came together and made the Confederate army. -
The battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter had a bombardment close to South Carolina. The Confederate army was not around when that happened. Then they returned the gunfire and that lead to the Civil War. -
Civil War Begins
The Civil War was the Union army and the Confederate army. The Union army was antislavery and was fighting for slaves so they can be free. The Confederate army was proslavery and was trying to make the U.S. a slave country. -
Battle of Bull Run
The Union Army out numbered the Confederate army and people thought the war was going to be over. But the Confederate army surprised everyone by defeating the Union in the battle. -
Jefferson Davis elected
Jefferson Davis was elected by the Confederacy and he was going to be in office for a full 6 year term. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was the 3rd year of the Civil war and President Lincoln made this saying that people who are slaves will be free. -
Gettysburg Battle
The Gettysburg Battle was the turning point in the Civil war. The Confederate and Union army had lots of deaths, missing troops, or wounded troops. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
The Sherman’s March to the Sea was to make the people that lived in Georgia, to abandon the Confederate cause. They did not destroy homes they just took food and other things until they stopped being in the Confederate cause. -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse
Ulysses S.Grant made Lee surrender to him in Virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
A confederate solider shot President Lincoln in the head. -
14th amendment
Slaves and other people that are born in the United States, now are citizens of America. -
15th amendment
African American men can vote now.