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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War -
Border states remained in the Union
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri stayed with the US despite still condoning slavery -
Davis became president of CSA
The Confederate states elected Jefferson Davis as president -
USA abolishes slavery in the capital
resident Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step in the long road toward full emancipation and enfranchisement for African Americans. -
Emancipation Proclamation
a presidential proclamation and and an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln that essentially declared slaves as free -
Battle of Gettysburg
In and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. Union forces defeated CSA. -
Wade-Davis bill
a bill proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland. It required 50% of electoral votes from the Confederate states if they wished to join the Union -
Atlanta falls to US forces
Union forces, commanded by Sherman, overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city -
Lincoln re-elected as president
Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat George McClellan, diminishing any hope of peaceful negotiation with the Confedaracy -
CSA capital falls to US forces
Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C -
Reconstruction era
the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of great pain and endless questions. On what terms would the Confederacy be allowed back into the Union? Who would establish the terms, Congress or the President? -
13th Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
Civil Rights Act
The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition. -
14th Amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves
