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Harriet Tubman escapes Slavery and establishes the Underground Railroad. This is important because she wanted to help other families and friends escape from slavery.
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Slaves were escaping from their owner homes and the slave power conspiracy believed that the slaved people that had escaped should be taken back to their owners.
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The South suceded and formed a new nation, The Confederate States of America.This was formed by 7 slave states in the lower south. Everyone considered the confederacy illegal.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation.
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The civil war ends after the confederate army surrendered, and the Union wins the war.
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Abraham is assassinated during a show at a theater and died. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
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Mark Twain writes Hukelberry finn , a tale of a white boy helping a slave escape.
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The Civil Rights Movement took place in the US where millions of people fought for equal rights. They wanted to end racial segrigation.
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Barck Obama was elected the 44th president of the Unites States.
