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Bleeding Kansas was a series of conflicts over the legality of slavery lasting from 1854 to 1861.
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The Dred Scott Case was when the slave Dred Scott had gone to court and sued for his freedom. The court had declared, however, that he was property and not a person.
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Lincoln's First Inaugural Address was Lincoln's first oath he swore when he went into office in 1861.
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The Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter and exchanged gunfire with the Union for 34 hours until the Union side was outgunned, with them surrendering.
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After the bombardment of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for 75,000 militia troops for 90 days, leading to 4 more southern states to secede.
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The Battle of Big Bethel was the first land battle of the Civil War, with the winning side being the Confederates.
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The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War, with the winner of the battle being the Confederacy.
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These battles were the first Union victories of the war, which happened in the same month, 10 miles apart from each other.
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The Union and the Confederacy agreed for a naval battle between the two Ironclad ships, Monitor and Merrimack. The battle was a draw, but the battle influenced Naval development.
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The Battle of Shiloh was the battle where the Union's Army of the Tennessee had a surpirse attack launched against them by the Confederate Army of Mississippi. The Union was still victorious, though.
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The Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1862 were military operations and battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley, which lasted until October 19, 1862.
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The Battle of Antietam was the most violent battle of the Civil War, with 22,717 casualties from both sides.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation that declared all people held as slaves shall be free.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the batte which was the turning point of the Civil War.
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This battle was the most memorable of the Army of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first Black armies of the Union.
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The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, which was one of the most famous speeches in U.S. History.
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The 13th Amendment was the amendment that abolished slavery, except as a punishment for a crime.
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Sherman's March to the Sea was when the Union general William Sherman followed a "Scorched Earth" policy, where they would destroy anything in their path. This lasted from November 16 to December 21.
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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was his oath taking the second term during the end of the Civil War, and a month before his assassination.
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House was the last battle of the Civil War, where general, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.