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A compromise that proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law.
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If an escaped slaves were found in the north then they would be shipped back to their owners.
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First created by the abolitionists to get rid in the north
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An act that let the state of Kansas and Nebraska act decide if they wanted to be a slave or free state.
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A court case that decided slave are not citizens and that they couldn't sue and they do not have any rights.
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In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected as president. This later would anger southern states because he wasn't on the polls in southern states.
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Leading with south Carolina, southern states left the Union and formed the Confederacy.
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Soon after the confederacy was formed, Jefferson Davis was elected for the Confederacy states of America.
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Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter starting the Civil War.
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First major battle in the American Civil war. Won by the Confederates.
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Issued by President Lincoln, promised freedom for slaves who only fought for the union.
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One of the major battles in the civil war. This was the first win for the north on the eastern side of the American land.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to the north, ending the american Civil War.
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The 13th Amendment ended slavery in every state and every future state. This leaving African Americans free in the United States. The 14th amendment also gave all men equal rights in the United States.
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John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
