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First Battle of the Civil War
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Battle between two ironclad ships and was the first engagement of ironclads in history.
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Provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
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Series of 6 Battles near Richmond, Virgina. The Battles included: Oak Grove, Mechanicsville, Gaines’ Mill, Savage’s Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill.
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Bloodest single day of war with 22,717 dead, wounded, missing
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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All men between 20-45 must regester for the draft in war. Exemptions in war are to pay $300 or find someone to take your spot. reaction to this was the riot in New York
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General Lee's furthest major offensive in the north. Took place in Pennsylavania. An estimated 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or listed as missing after Gettysburg.
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In the Western Theater General Grant laid Siege to and captured Vicksburg. Union won
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Series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta. Union General Sherman took Atlanta. Atlanta was a rainroad hub and manufactoring state. Happened close to the election of 1864.
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President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War.
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Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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Passed by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition.
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Divided the South (except Tennessee) into five military districts in which the authority of the army commander was supreme.
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The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.
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