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The Republicans was formed.
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Since slaves were property, slave owners had the right to take their slaves into free states and territories.
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He led a raid on a federal army in Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
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Southern states were upset and South Carolina decided to seceded.
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Confederate States of America formed.
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The Civil War had officially began.
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Bloodiest battle to this point; beginning of "total war" for both sides, end of Southern control of Mississippi Valley.
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Gettysburg is seen as the beginning of the end for the South.
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Major victory for the Union as it gives them control of the Mississippi River; shows the Union can fight with few supplies.
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Congress formed the Freedmen Bureau.
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Lee and Grant agree to end the war; Confed surrenders; Confed soldiers are allowed to keep their homes and horses and won't be tried for treason.
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President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth as he watched a play at Ford's Theater.
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The 14th Amendment was passed.
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Guaranteed all men have the right to vote.
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Union soldiers left the South.
