Civil War

Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from Union and form Confederate States of America, triggering civil war with abolitionist northern states.

US gains Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba following the Spanish-American war. US annexes Hawaii.

Opponents of slavery, or abolitionists, set up Republican Party.

Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Confederates defeated; slavery abolished under Thirteenth Amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.

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Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln elected president.

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