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Republican Party Formed
anti slavery Whigs met up in the Midwestern states to form the Republican party. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It let people within the borders of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected 16th President of United States
Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell. He was the first president from the Republican Party. -
Lower South Secedes
when eleven states in the Lower and Upper South severed their ties with the Union. -
Confederate States of America formed
South Carolina was the first to secede, , followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. On February 8, 1861, representatives of those states announced the formation of the Confederate States of America, with its capital at Montgomery, Alabama. -
Civil War begins at Fort Sumter
The First Battle of Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison. -
North is Defeated at First Battle of Bull Run
This Is the First battle where the north is defeated. -
Upper South Secedes
Upper South severed their ties with the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation issued
the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
KKK Formed
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, is the name of three distinct movements in the United States that have advocated extremist reactionary positions such as white supremacy -
Andrew Johnson becomes president
the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. -
Johnson Impeached
when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors
