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The Liberator was published by William Loyd Garrison. Garrison was a abolitionist. He was one of the first white abolitionist to call for an end to slavery.
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a compromise proposed by Henry Clay. Mostly known for the fugitive slave act, and added California as a free state.
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A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It accurately portrayed slavery as a horrible and cruel system.
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Proposed by Stephen A. Douglass. The act made it where popular vote would decide if slavery would be allowed in Kansas and Nebraska. The act also repealed the Missouri Compromise.
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James Buchanan is sworn into office as the 15th president of the United States.
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Dredd Scott was a slave who lived in free territory. He tried to sue for freedom, but the court ruled that he as still property.
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A man named John Brown lead a group on a raid of a federal arsenal. They planned to arm enslaved African Americans. His group was fought off by federal troops, and John Brown was later executed.
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Abraham Lincoln of the Republican party is elected president. He planned to leave slavery alone, but ban it in the territories.
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South Carolina secedes from the Union choosing Jefferson Davis as their president. They called their country the confederate states of America.
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Jefferson Davis orders the attack on the fort. Soon after the fort surrenders, and Lincoln calls for troops. This is the start of the Civil War.
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This was the first major battle of the Civil War. The Union was defeated, and had to retreat. This was a surprise because the North believed this would be a quick victory.
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This proclaimed that all slaves in the south were free.
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A major Northern victory. This turned the tide of the war to the North. This was a victory with major loss to it on both sides.
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A campaign where general William T. Sherman destroyed anything that would be of use to the confederates.
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After four long hard years of fighting General Lee decides to surrender. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House.
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While attending a play Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth
