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Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Harriet persevered and traveled 90 miles north to Pennsylvania and freedom -
The Kansas Nebraska act
a bill that allowed Kansas and Nebraska settlers to decide if slavery should be allowed within -
John Brown's raid on harpers farm
it failed but it inflamed sectional tensions -
election of 1860
was one of the most pivotal presidential elections -
Confederate States of America is formed
representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America -
fort sumter
captured by confederate forces -
civil war begin
tensions between northern and southern states over slavery -
battle of bull run
the first battle of the civil war -
Jefferson Davis elected
was an American politician -
emancipation proclamation
freed the people held as slaves -
gettysburg battle
the defeat of Robert E Lees invading confederate army -
Sherman's march to the sea
a movement from atlanta Georgia to the Georgia seacoast -
Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse
General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
the day Abraham Lincoln was shot and died as a president -
13th amendment
the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States -
14th amendment
the 14th Amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people -
15th amendment
the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote