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President Abraham Lincoln is elected
Key figures:
-Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party
-the first Republican to win the presidency
Major Cause: He was the most popular in his area.
Major Effect: Civil War -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
Key Figures:
-They said it was the right of the State.
-They thought Abraham Lincoln was going to stop slavery.
Majorr Cause: Abraham Lincoln was elected
Major Effect: It started the Civil War. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Ket Figures:
-Abraham Lincoln created the Emancipation Proclamation.
-It was made to free slaves that were held.
-It was limited in many ways, it only applied to states that had seceded from the union.
Major Cause: The free the Slaves
Major Effect: Freed only some slaves. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Major General: George G. Meade
Major Confederate General:Robert E.Lee
Number of casualties:51112
Where the battle took place:Gettysburg
