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the Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave act -
Kansas Nebraska Act
A decade long conflict -
The Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln vs. Douglas argument
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The Election of 1860
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By 1860 4,000,000 people were enslaved
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Southern States secession attempt
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The Battle of Bull Run
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Crittenden Plan
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Lincoln Inauguration
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Fort Sumter
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Women were permitted to take a active role in the civil war both on the battle field and at home.
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The Anaconda Plan
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The Battle of Shloh
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The seven days' battles
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Bloody (Battle of Antietam and Fredericksburg)
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African Americans begin to join the U.S. military and proved to be valuable soliders for the union.
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The battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg
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Period: to
Emancipation Proclamation
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Grant and his generals brought full power of the union army to capture the Confederate capital.
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The Confederacy surrenders at a simple ceremony in Virginia
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Slavery is abolished
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Lincolns assassination
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The start of rebuilding the nation
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Presidential Reconstruction
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The Ku Klux Klan
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Passing the reconstruction acts of 1867
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The election of General Grant
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The 15th Amendment
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Election of 1872
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End of reconstruction
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Compromise of 1877