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Drafted by Henry Clay
California admitted as a free state
More fugitive slave laws in the South
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Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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By Stephen Douglas
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Government was set up after an unfair vote and there were a lot of pro-slavery acts passed. Violence surfaced over what happened and the territory of Kansas was named Bleeding Kansas
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Republicans choose John C. Fremont
Democrats choose James Buchanan
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Ruled against by the Supreme Court, saying that Scott lacked legal standing to sue because he was not a citizen
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John Brown leads a group of 21 black and white men into Harpers Ferry, Virginia to seize the federal arsenal there and start a general slave uprising.
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Lincoln is elected and emerged as the winner without any votes from the South
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South Carolina seceds from the Union
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Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas follow South Carolina, and form the Confederate States of America
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Lincoln sends food to Fort Sumpter,but Southern troops fire at the Fort, starting the war.
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First bloodshed of the war. Confederates win, many leave the army and go home.
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Bloodiest single day in American history.
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Lincoln says that all slaves that are held withing certain states will be freed
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Battle lasted over three days, North wins. enthusiastic about breaking Lee's "invincibility"
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Grant wins against confederates
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Lincoln wins with help from the north
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Reconstruction of the Americas begins
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Confederates surrender to Grant, ending the war
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Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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President Johnson gets impeached and Grant takes his place in office
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Former slaves can vote
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Reconstruction ends due to the support fading
