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Harriet Tubman and her two brothers were helped escape by the Underground Railroad. Her brothers changed their minds and went back, but Harriet kept going and eventually reached Pennsylvania. -
The Kansas Nebraska act created the territories Kansas and Nebraska. -
John Brown tried to raid the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia -
It was the election that took place in 1860 where Abraham Lincoln was elected as president, the other candidates were John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas -
The Confederate States of America were formed by seven slave states, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. -
An attack on Fort Sumter. Union surrendered because they almost ran out of supplies and were greatly outnumbered. -
The beginning of the Civil War when Confederate troops fired shots at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. -
Took place in Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia. First major battle of the Civil War, it was a confederate victory. -
Jefferson Davis was elected as the Confederacy's president. -
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which said that all slaves in the rebellious states are freed. -
Battle fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This battle was won by the Union. -
A military campaign from the Civil War, it was conducted by William Tecumseh Sherman. It was a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia with 60,000 soldiers. -
The 13th amendment abolished slavery. -
Grant met with Lee at the Appomattox Courthouse, here they discussed the terms for the south's surrender. -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth 5 days after Robert E. Lee had surrendered his army. -
The 14th amendment gave the liberties and rights given to the people by the Bill of Rights to former slaves. -
The 15th Amendment gave citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or other previous conditions.