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The First African American men to be elected into the U.S Senate.
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Allows California to become a free state. It also proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law.
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The acts states that alleged fugitives were not entitled to a trail by jury and that anyone convicted of helping a fugitive was subject to a fine and imprisonment.
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A meeting about how being on free territory did not make a slave free .Dred Scott v. Sanford, was a landmark decision made by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law.
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Abraham Lincoln become the U.S. 16th President.
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The first shots fired between the Confederates and the Union. This is the beginning of the Civil War.
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President Lincoln issued an act that made Slaves in the north become free and allowed to join the Union army.
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A 3 day battle at Gettysburg where Robert E. Lee makes a huge mistake causing the Confederates to retreat allowing the Union to win. This becomes know as the turning point in the War
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Union gains control of the Mississippi river after defeating the Confederates at Vicksburg. The Anaconda Plan is in full effect.
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The end of the Civil War. The Union won.
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While President Lincoln was watching a play at the Fords Theater, John Wilkes Booth shots Lincoln in the head. The next day Lincoln dies form this shot.
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Completely abolishes slavery in the U.S.
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A group of people that wanted to keep African American men form voting.
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President Andrew Johnson got impeached for many reasons like firing Se. of War and vetoing many bills.
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The first African American men elected into the U.S. house of Presidency.
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The act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights including Africa American. Giving people equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury service.
