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Abraham Lincoln was in a one room cabin near Louisville, Kentucky. He had a lifelong effect on his feelings on slavery.
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He was a white southerner and they held no slaves. opposition of slavery was one of the reasons the lincoln family moved from Kentucky to the indiana territory
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Lincoln began the first of four terms in the illinois general assembly while he studied the law at home.
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The senator introduced a compromise plan that would preserve the balance of power.
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The Kansas Nebraska act became a law which organized Kansas and Nebraska territories. It also used popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery
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The events in Kansas dominated the election of 1856. The democrats won the election by characterizing the republicans as extremists on the slavery issue.
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Scott V sanford a slave sued for freedom arguing living of free soil made him free
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A pro slavery gang guns down 11 unarmed antislavery settlers
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Brown was executed and northerners saw him as a hero.
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The first shot of the civil war was shot where confederate artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter.
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The union ironclad monitored confronted the Virginia in the worlds first battle between ironclads. The battle ended with no winner but changed naval warfare forever.
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President lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation. The document free enslaved people in all areas that were in rebellion against the United States.
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The historic three day battle of Gettysburg. The union had about 23,000 casualties out of some 85,000 soldiers.
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This bill gave African Americans citizenship and guaranteed them the same legal rights as white Americans.
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A group called the ku klux klan formed in 1866 and terrorized African Americans. Some whites supported their rights.
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To protect African American voting rights republicans quickly pushed the fifthteen amendment through congress.
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Most freedmen and poor white southerners were share croppers.
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State goverments could not control the violence, congress passed the enforcement act during 1871.
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Liberal republicans helped democrats regain power in congress.
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Depression began and turned republican leaders attention away from reconstuction.
