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Abraham Lincoln is elected as president of the United States
Lincoln opposed the extension of slavery into the new territories of the United States. -
The Civil War begins
The South attacks Fort Sumter South Carolina and starts the war. -
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Civil War
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More states leave the Union
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Emancipation proclamation
President Lincoln issues an executive order freeing many slaves and laying the groundwork for the Thirteenth Amendment. -
The battle of Gettysburg
A major battle where the North not only wins the battle, but starts to win the Civil War. -
The War ends
The leader of the Confederate Army, surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at The Appomattox Court House in Virginia. -
President Lincoln is assassinated
