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Lincoln/Douglas debate
Four months Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln go around the worlds speaking what they believe. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown started an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860.Since he was republican, his party’s anti-slavery outlook made Southerners scared. -
Cornerstone of Confederacy
"the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition." - Stephen Douglas -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The bombardment of Fort Sumter by the armies. -
Battle of Antietam
Battle fought between the confederate and the union. -
Battle of Gettysburg
A victory won by the union that stopped the confederates second invasion.
