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The Liberator was the first abolitionist newspaper and people hoped to stop slavery
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It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery in each.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was the first abolitionist book basically saying that slavery is bad.
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The incentive for the organization of the territory came from the need for a transcontinental railroad.
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James Buchanan sworn into office as the 5th president of the U.S. the was elected president imminently prior to the civil war.
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Dread Scott was an enslaved African American who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters.
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John Brown and an abolitionist and people did not like that he opposed slavery, and he was hiding slaves in his house.
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Abe Lincoln was the first Republican U.S. President.
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States Rights said that the states had the right to move in and out of the Union and to make there own laws. Also they wanted to be a free state.
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The battle at Fort Sumter was the first major battle of the Civil War. Which was mostly over slavery.
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first major battle of the civil war and the confederacy won the battle.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It saved almost 3 million enslaved to free.
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It was the first turning point in the war and the union won the battle.
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Sherman's bold move of operating deep within enemy territory and without supply lines is considered to be revolutionary in the annals of war.
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It was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army.
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The United States president Abe Lincoln's Assassination was a shocker to everyone and it was by John Wilkes Booth.
