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Abraham Lincoln becomes president
Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States with 180 electoral votes. -
Emancipation Proclamation Issued
Final Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued and freed all slaves in confederate and confederate contested states (border states not included, did not end slavery entirely). -
Abraham Lincoln Re-elected
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected with an overwhelming 212 electoral votes. -
Thirteenth Amendment Passes
Called for the emancipation of all slaves with no compensation to their owners. It also made slavery illegal in the United States of America. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth, confederate sympathizer, shot Lincoln in Ford Theatre at around 10:15pm, he died early the next morning.