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President Abraham Lincoln is elected
Major cause:He was thought to end slavery
Major effect: Slavery ended -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
Major cause: To be independent
Major effect: Other states followed -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Major cause: To free the slaves
Major effect: freed only the slaves in Southern states and territories still in rebellion against the United States government. -
The battle of Gettysburg
Major Union General: George G. Meade’s
Major Confederate General:Robert E. Lee
Number of casualties:51,112
Where:ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA