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California was admitted as a free state.
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Required citizens to apprehend runaway slaves.
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Declared slaves as private property, so they were not free people if they moved from a slave state to a free state.
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Democratic party splits over the issue of slavery, Lincoln wins the election without winning any electoral votes.
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The first battle of the civil war. Occurred in South Carolina and it resulted in a confederate victory.
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Also referred to as the Battle of First Manassas, it was another confederate victory.
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Using this strategy, Grant and Buell defeat the Confederate States of America in the Battle of Shiloh.
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Battle lasted a year and Grant used many strategies to ensure a win for the Union.
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Lee invaded the union territory, 12,000 people were killed in the first three hours of fighting. This resulted in a union victory.
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Freed all of the enslaved people in the confederate states.
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Union soldiers were thrilled about their first victory against Robert E Lee.
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Provide food, shelter, and education for black citizens.
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Lee and Grant met here at the house to arrange a Confederate surrender. This marked the end of the civil war.
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Shot in the Peterson House by John Wilkes Booth who was later shot by Boston Corbett.
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The Constitution now stated that, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States."
