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The election of 1860 involved many issues such as slavery, territories, states, and the federal government. The election was between Lincoln, Bell, Douglas, and Breckenridge.

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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union and led to the start of the civil war

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The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War. The Confederacy fired on the US garrison of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 opening the Civil War, which redefined American freedom

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He was a politician and served as president from 1861- 1865. He believed in the importance of slavery and was a hero in the Mexican American War while representing Mississippi.

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Lincoln's original goal at the start of War 1861

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Lincoln's original goal at the start of War 1861

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Lincoln's main goal was to save the union not to abolish slavery.

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Women during the civil war sewed uniforms, provided blankets, mended shoes, washed clothes, and cooked for the soldiers. The most important role women played during the war was providing medical care for sick and wounded soldiers.

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He was a military confederate commander during the civil war. He is famous for the effort to reunite the country after the Civil War.

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Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Grant was then elected the 18th President of the United States working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.

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The battle of Antietam was one of the key turning points of the civil war and the bloodiest battle of the war. It let Lincoln announce the Emancipation Proclamation and showed that the union could stand against the confederate army.

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Made it so "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

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He escaped from slavery in Maryland and became a national abolitionist leader.

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The union and confederate forces fight and the union wins. Robert E Lee commanded the union to invade the north and bring the civil war to an end.

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The Gettysburg address was a speech that Abraham Lincoln delivered on the battlefield. Made it so that "All men are created equal". The purpose of the speech was to give meaning to the sacrifice of the soldiers

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Lincolns plan was to excuse people who took an oath of loyalty and accept the abolition of slavery. He wanted to recognize the permanent freedom of former slaves.

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Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant because he wanted to prevent any unnecessary destruction to the south. It was one of the last battles of the Civil war.

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The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

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The KKK or Ku klux clan was a terrorist group made to victimize newly freed slaves. KKK members would threaten and harm slaves for practicing there new rights

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Reconstruction Acts - Military in South 1867

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Reconstruction Acts - Military in South 1867

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The reconstruction acts divided the four old confederate states into five military districts.

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The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. They also wanted the Confederate leaders to be punished for their roles in the Civil War.

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The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was initiated on February 24, 1868, when the United States House of Representatives passed to impeach Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, for "high crimes and misdemeanors".

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The 14th amendment gave citizenship to all citizens born or naturalized in the United States which included former slaves. It gave all citizens equal protection.

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The 15th amendment made it possible for anyone to vote regardless of race, color or servitude. But states still tried to limit African Americans from voting my requiring literacy tests to be able to vote.

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The Democrats agreed to accept a Hayes victory and to respect the civil and political rights of African Americans, only if Republicans withdraw all federal troops from the South.

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Jim Crow laws were laws legalizing racial segregation in the south.