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Sparked by a dispute over the annexation of Texas by the United States and a long-standing dispute over the southern border

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Since slaves are property of their masters, a slave is not automatically granted his freedom when his master moves him to a free state or territory

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Emancipation Proclamation - 1863 Jan 1st

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Emancipation Proclamation - 1863 Jan 1st

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Issued by Lincoln to free all of the slaves in the Confederate states. The slaves in border states loyal to the Union, however, remained enslaved, it only applied to Confederate states in rebellion.

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Period after the Civil War during which Northern political leaders created plans for the governance of the South and a procedure for former Southern states to rejoin the Union

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Where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865

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John Wilkes Booth shot this leader in the head at Ford Theater, just days after the Civil War ended