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Underground railroad
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad
The underground railroad was created as a safe passage for slaves to escape to the north. It was a series of houses set up by sympathizers from the north. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
'Bleeding Kansas'
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/bleeding-kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in the United States between 1854 and 1861. -
Election of 1860
American presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell -
Fort Sumter is fired upon
Early in the morning of April 12, 1861, Confederate guns around the harbor opened fire on Fort Sumter. -
Battle at Vicksburg
The capture of the Confederate river fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863 was a major turning point of the Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
rmc.library.cornell.edu/gettysburg/good_cause/transcript.htm
This was given by Abraham Lincoln after the battle of gettysburg. It is one of his most remembered speeches. -
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Reconstruction
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
After the civil war ended Abraham Lincoln wanted to help rebuild the south to bring them back into the union without hard feelings. -
Surrender of the South
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appamatox Courthouse, officially ending the Civil War. Grant allows Lee's soldiers to have a horse and carry a firearm and return to their farms. -
Lincoln's Assassination
The 16th president of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning.
