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Lincoln armies began a war of attrition with the confederates.
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When the war began, the South had very little resources while the North was abundant
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When the war began, the south knew that they could get Europe to send them assistance but in the end Europe lost even though the war was one meant to be between the North and South.
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African American´s would be the soldiers of the north´s side, because they offered freedom as incentive.
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Southerners viewed Lincoln's election as a threat to their society culture and lives. They decided to secede, being the first South Carolina.
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It all started with a war that seemed to have no end in order for slavery to end and people to be free in all countries of the USA, without forgetting the great contribution of Abraham Lincoln, a man who fought for the freedom of slaves.
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Abraham Lincoln becomes president of the United States and declares the war of secession.
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The Union Navy captured New Orleans without the need for a battle.
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For the first time in history, women were given the vote
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South Carolina approved the "Declaration of Immediate Causes that induce and justify the Secession of the Federal Union".
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the south's new country was called the confederate states of America.
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When confederate forces attacked looking for supplies.
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In response to riots and the threat that Maryland would secede Lincoln used the Writ of Habeas Corpus
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The United States Congress passed the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, which says the war was being fought to maintain the Union and not to end slavery.
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Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia and South Carolina form the "Confederate States of America".
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The Civil War begins in the United States, between the northern and southern states.
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In the naval war Lincoln tried to cut off Southern ports, and when the South resisted, they failed.
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It was a battle where the Union won, even though the confederates started it.
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The Confederation carried out its first invasion of the North.
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The bloodiest one day battle in the U.S history where Mc Clellan tried getting past lee.
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Lincoln announced that he would issue a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion.
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Lincoln imposed military rule in Baltimore where angry mobs had already attacked troops.
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Battle of Chickamauga This battle is the most important defeat of the Union to the west during the Civil War.
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Lincoln commemorated the battle of Gettysburg in a speech to the public.
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Union forces won in the decisive battle of Five Forks forcing Lee to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond. The Confederate capital fell into the hands of the XXV Union Corps.
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John Wilkes booth shot Lincoln at ford's theatre in the back of his head.
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The President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, suffers an attack and dies the next day.
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The Appomattox was when General Lee was forced to surrender to Grant and Sheridan at Appomattox Courthouse.
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The 13th amendment establishing the abolition of slavery was ratified in the United States.
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The state of Nebraska becomes part of the American Union.
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Colorado is admitted as the 38th. state of the United States of America.
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Capitulates Manila in the Spanish-American War.
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The Treaty of Paris is ratified, Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.
