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City life in the north vs. plantation life in the South
The South was agriculture based while the North was industrial

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Lincoln says that the government has a federal right to halt slavery. 

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Lincoln says that the government has a federal right to halt slavery. 

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Tension between the north and the south start growing here because they believe in "state's rights" and that states have the power to govern themselves.

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Slavery is not allowed to spread to new territories, according to the U.S. Government. 

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Slavery is not allowed to spread to new territories, according to the U.S. Government. 

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This is important because of westward expansion.

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He is nominated by the Republican party (remember that the Republicans and the Democrats switched positions in the 1960s - the Republicans were fighting to end slavery in the 1860s). Lincoln talked a lot about ending slavery, although he didn't want equality.

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Southern delegations withdraw from the Democratic Convention

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Southern delegations withdraw from the Democratic Convention

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Democratic conventions were where all representatives from different states in the U.S. came to discuss federal laws/ The southern states refused to show up.

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This is the start of the secession movement, in which the Southern states wanted to create their own country - the Confederacy - that would be a slave country.

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This was a compromise that was meant to solve the secession crisis by saying that slave states could continue using slavery but new states would be free states.

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The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, and the fort surrendered after 34 hours.

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The Civil War is going to last 4 years with some of the bloodiest battles witnessed in the United States.

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March 1865 - Freedmen's Bureau Established

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March 1865 - Freedmen's Bureau Established

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April 1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinated

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April 1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinated

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May 1865 - President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction launches 

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May 1865 - President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction launches 

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December 1865 - Black Codes begin to be ratified by various states

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December 1865 - Black Codes begin to be ratified by various states

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1867 - 1877 - First interracial democracy

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1867 - 1877 - First interracial democracy

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1876 - Rutherford B. Hayes elected for president

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1876 - Rutherford B. Hayes elected for president

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1877 - Compromise of Reconstruction ended Reconstruction era

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1877 - Compromise of Reconstruction ended Reconstruction era