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Republican Party is formed
Opposed slavery and was enemy to the Democratic party -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Repealed Missouri compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty -
South Carolina votes to secede
First state to secede -
Jefferson davis elected
president of provisional government of the confederacy. -
Lincoln elected
president of the United states -
confederates fire on fort sumter
beginning of the american civil war -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
suspended the law that keeps the government from unlawfully imprisoning individuals. -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
south's second largest state, served as a center of government -
battle of bull run
first major battle. Confederate victory -
Battle of Merrimac and the Monitor
First naval battle, both claimed victory -
Battle of Shiloh
Union victory -
Robert E. Lee becomes commander of the Army of North Virginia
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battle of antietam
deadliest one day battle in American history. Union victory -
battle of Fredericksburg
Confederate victory -
emancipation proclamation
document that stated that all slaves should be freed -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Death of general stonewall. Confederate victory. -
battle of gettysburg
Turning point in the war, Union victory -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
Pressured with no supplies, forced to surrender. -
New York City draft riots
4 day violent riot in New York because of racial disputes in the working field -
gettysburg adress
Speech given by Lincoln expressing equality and freedom in the US. -
Lincoln's second inaugural address
Second speech talking about "healing a divided nation" -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
13th Amendment abolished slavery -
Atlanta is captured
Union forced Confederates out of Atlanta due to heavy losses -
Sherman begins his March to the Sea
spanned over 285 miles over 37 days and the Army sustained over 1300 casualties -
Freedman’s Bureau is created
provides food, shelter, clothing, etc, to displaced southerners and newly freed slaves. -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
The capital of the confederates, Richmond, is taken over by the Union army. -
Lincoln assasination
Killed by John Wilkes Booth during a theater showing. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
Marks the end of the civil war, Union wins. -
John Wilkes booth death
Lincolns assassinator died after he ran away to Virginia