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A law was passed that repealed the Missouri compromise, created two new territories, and all allowed for popular sovereignty. Senator Stephen A. Douglas, 33rd United States congress, and President Franklin Pierce helped pass the law that affected Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. This act was one of the causes of Bleeding Kansas.

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President Lincoln Elected - November 6, 1860

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President Lincoln Elected - November 6, 1860

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President Lincoln won the 1860 U.S. election against John C. Breckinridge. This is important because he was a big cause of the Civil War and he helped lead the Union to victory. Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States.

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The Confederates attacked and captured Fort Sumter, which is in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. This was a very important event because it was the first action of the Civil War. This event was between The Union and The Confederates.

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The Battle Of Bull Run was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War. It happened in Prince William County, Virginia between the confederates and the army. The battle left both sides realizing that this would be a long and horrible war.

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The Battle of Antietam was a turning point of the Civil War, General George McClellan lead their armies in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Union's victory provided President Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation.

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Emancipation Proclamation - September 22, 1862

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Emancipation Proclamation - September 22, 1862

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President Lincoln stated that if the South does not free all of their slaves that the Emancipation Proclamation would go into affect. This is important because it is him declaring that all saves are or should be free.

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Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War. It happened in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Some important people involved in it were Jubal A. Early, Robert E. Lee, and James Longstreet. The battle proved that General Lee could be defeated.

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General John C. Pemberton surrenders to the Union General. This happened in Warren County, Missouri and is important because it is the Union's most successful battle.

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The confederate army's General Lee surrender with his army at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. This is important because him surrendering mean it is the end of the Civil War and that The Union has won, slavery would be abolished soon after that.

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President Lincoln is Assassinated - April 14, 1865

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President Lincoln is Assassinated - April 14, 1865

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Days after the Civil War is over President Lincoln was shot in the head while attending a performance with his wife at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth who was a very famous stage actor at the time. Booth was a Confederate sympathizer, he was killed about 12 days later.