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Harriet Tubman led enslaved people to freedom before the civil war. -
Allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery. Kansas with slavery would violate the Missouri Compromise. -
John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry. -
Demonstrated the divisions within the United States before the Civil War. The results pushed the nation into war. -
7 states had seceded. On February 4, Representatives from South Carolina, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery. -
A confederate victory with troops outnumbered. Robert Anderson surrendered to Fort Sumter. -
Confederate troops fired at Fort Sumter. 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. -
Union and Confederate armies fought near Manassas Junction. Confederate won giving the south to surge of confidence shocking many in the North. -
Jefferson Davis was elected president. -
An order by U.S. President Lincoln to free slaves in 10 states. Applied to slaves in states still in rebellion. -
Involved the largest numbers of casualties of the whole war and is the wars turning point. -
Abolished slavery in the United States. -
William Sherman led 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah. The purpose was to frighten Georgia's Civilians into abandoning the confederate cause. -
Robert Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses Grant. -
John Wilkes shot Abraham Lincoln becoming the first person to kill an American President. -
Granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. -
The right to vote could not be denied on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.