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Harriet Tubman, a black abolitionist pre-Civil War worked extremely hard for the enslaved as she risked her life for them to escape. She developed the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape their white enslavers. She led them to safe houses where they were provided with basic needs.

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As Kansas was to be decided whether it was a free or slaved state, many people, on both sides of the spectrum, rushed into Kansas to cast their vote in this decision. There was lots of violence as both sides had conflicts, and buildings were lit on fire, and many people died.

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Dred Scott, a slave, was moved to a free state, by the decision of his master. Dred Scott claimed that since he was living in a free state, it was illegal for him to be a slave, and so he took this court to case and lost. The court claimed that slaves were property, and they had no say on whether their "property" could be freed or not.

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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the election only winning the electoral vote, however, he only won less than half of the popular vote. As he stepped into office, his main goal was to preserve the union, but at the same time, he wanted to abolish slavery.

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As Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the US, many Southern States were enrage by this, and did not want anything to do with the Union. Moreover, South Carolina, being the first state to secede and then 11 others, they decided to leave and formed the Confederacy with Jefferson Davis as their president.

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As Abraham Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union, he brought food to Fort Sumter, intending it to be brought for "food for hungry men." This southern fort fired back, which started the American Civil War. The Union versus the Confederacy.

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Two years into this violent war, The South and the North met at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Union had territorial advantages over the South which aided them into getting a crucial victory. This war defined the end for the South, as the North gained more momentum.

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As the war was near its end, General Lee's army (south) were extremely tired and hungry, they decided to surrender as they were outnumbered six to one. The North claimed victory and decided to have grace for Lee as he was allowed to return home and was not tried for treason.

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This amendment was a great step for the US as slavery was now abolished.

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This compromise was detrimental for slaves, as troops were forced to leave the South and make their way back to the North. With no protection from the solders, blacks lost many rights, and were oppressed for the second time.

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The Ku Klux Klan was a group that terrorized blacks and use violence to their advantage. Blacks would be scared to vote, as they were pressured by this group no to.

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As black people were granted the right to vote, many white people enforced tests to ensure that they could not vote. They put out literary tests to see if they could read, and as expected many of the blacks could not pass since most of them were illiterates. Whites found loopholes to deny the voting for black men.

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These laws were used to deepen the oppression against blacks. Things, such as sharecropping made black people more in debt as they could not repay their way out of their money loss. This system was rigged as the slaves would remain on the farms for a very long time.