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Civil War

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TIMELINE OF THE CIVIL WAR

MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820

IT WAS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO DEFUSE RIVALRIES BETWEEN STATES BECAUSE OF MISSOURI'S REQUEST AS A STATE

DRED SCOTT COURT DEBATE

MARCH 6,1857 THE COURT RULED THAT SCOTT COULD NOT BE FREE BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK

ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELECTED PRESIDENT

NOVEMBER 6, 1860 HE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE BECAUSE HIS ELECTION LED TO STATES LEAVING THE UNION
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SUCCESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA

DECEMBER 20, 1860 THIS HAD LED TO MORE STATES LEAVING THE UNION AS THEY DISAGREED WITH THE NORTH

THE "CONFEDERATE STATES" ARE FORMED.

FEBRUARY, 1861 SOME OF THE SOUTHERN STATES SECEED FROM AMERICA.

FORT SUMTER

APRIL 12-14, 1861 THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SPARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR

BATTLE OF SECOND MANASSAS

AUGUST 28-30, 1862 UNION GENERAL, JOHN POPE, SUFFERED DEFEAT AT THE BATTOE OF SECOND MANASSAS

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

SEPTEMBER 17, 1862 THIS BATTLE WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE WAR

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

SEPTEMBER 22, 1862 THIS DOCUMENT WAS TO RID OF ALL SLAVERY

BATTLE OF CHATANOOGA

NOVEMBER 23-25, 1863 UNION FORCES PUSHED CONFEDERATES AWAY FROM CHATANOOGA

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

NOVEMBER 19, 1863 IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE SOLDIER'S NATIONAL CEMETERY IN GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX

APRIL 9, 1865 WAS ONE OF THE LAST BATTLES FOUGHT IN THE WAR

THE FALL OF RICHMOND

APRIL, 1865 AFTER A LONG SIEGE, THE CONFEDERATE DEFENDERS FLED SOUTH

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION In

APRIL 15, 1865 THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE NORTH WOULD IMMEDIATE LY RETALIATE

BATTLE OF BULL RUN

JULY 21,1861 A ATTACK LED BY GENERAL IRVIN MCDOWELL PROVED SUCCESSFUL UNTIL REINFORCEMENTS CAME