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Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849 and helped a lot of slaves to escape with her. -
The Fugitive Slave Act was established
The law was that if they capture any slaves that snuck in to the North they would send them back to the South. -
The South seceded
The South wanted slaves but the North didn’t want any slavery, so the South made their own country called the Confederate States of America. -
Abraham Lincoln election
A lot of people voted for him because he was against slavery and so many people wanted slavery and they didn't like Abraham Lincoln. -
Abraham Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln created the 13th amendment to end slavery. -
The war ends
After the North won the war, America became united again . -
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
John Wilkes Booth is the guy that assassinated Abraham Lincoln because he believed that we should have slavery in the US -
Mark Twain Writes Huckleberry Finn
A lot of people didn't like his book but at the same time a lot of people liked his book . -
Civil Rights Movement
Black people wanted equal rights. They started to protest for their rights . -
Barack Obama was elected
After African Americans had been slaves and discriminated against, the USA finally has an African American president.
