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Runaway slaves would be caught in the North and returned to the South. Many Northerners disagreed.
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Anti- and pro-slavery groups rushed to Kansas border to vote. Violent fighting broke out and became known as Bleeding Kansas.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president without any electoral votes from the south
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The south thought that slavery might be in trouble.They formed the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis as the president.
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The Confederates attacked the Fort Sumter.
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"bull run" the union is winning in the beginning, but confederate General Stonewall Jackson held firm. In the end it was a confederate victory
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Confederate's ironclad ship, "Merrimac", sinks two Union ships, changing naval warfare forever. Wooden ships become obselete.
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McClellan's troops are neaerly defeated in the Batlle of Seven Pines; however, General Johnston of the Confederate Army is horribly wounded
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Gen. Hooker, replacement for Burnside, is defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. Hooker retreats, with both sides suffering great losses.
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Andrew Johnson was quickly swarm into office after president Lincoln died.
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Congress formed the Freedmen's Bureau.
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General Lee surrenders his army at the Appomattox Court House.
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President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth as he watched a play at Ford's Theater.
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African American's citizenship and said that states had to provide equal protection for all.
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Guaranteed all men the right to vote.
