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first issue of the libertor
it was abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knap -
compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions in an attempt to seek a compromise -
uncle Toms cabin published
is a antislavery novel -
kansas nebraska act
this allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery -
Dred Scott decision
The case was about a slave that free state -
James Buchanan
he was the 15th president -
john browns raid
A abolitionist group went to get weapons and attacked -
Abe Lincoln
He was the 16th president of the U.S. -
Carolina secedes
Although Lincoln's election was fair, it nonetheless pushed the Deep South toward secession. -
Battle of fort sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrendered -
battle of bull run
Fought in Virginia near Washington, D.C. The surprising victory of the Confederate army humiliated the North and forced it to prepare for a long war -
emaciation proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. -
battle of gettysberg
Fought in south-central Pennsylvania in 1863. It ended in a major victory for the North and is usually considered the turning point of the war. -
surrender at appomattox
A town of south-central Virginia east of Lynchburg. Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. -
Sherman's march to then sea
American Civil War, conducted through Georgia Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh
