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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
She became a conductor of the underground rail roads and helped slaves escape. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
It repealed the misourri compromise and created 2 new territories. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown led a small group on a raid against federal armory in Harpers Ferry. -
Election of 1860
It demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. -
Confederate States of America is formed
They were a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 after Abraham Lincoln was elected . -
Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter was where the first shots of the civil war were shot. -
Civil War Begins
It started between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. -
Battle of Bull Run
Union and Confederate armies collided and started battling. -
Jefferson Davis elected
Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States, He ran without opposition. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln wrote it in the third year of the civil war and declared that slaves should be freed. -
Gettysburg Battle
Robert Lee tried to Invade the North but Failed. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
William T Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah , Georgia, to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery. -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse
It was the battle that forced Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
President Lincoln was assassinated after John Wilkes Booth enter the presidential box at fords theatre and shot Lincoln in the back of the head in Washington. -
14th amendment
It gave everyone "equal protection of the law" -
15th amendment
It gave black people the right ot vote.