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1854 - Opponents of slavery, or abolitionists, set up Republican
Party.
Party.
1860 - Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln president.
1860-61 - Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from Union and form Confederate States of America, triggering war with abolitionist northern states.
1863 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 - Confederates defeated; slavery abolished under Thirteenth
Amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.
Amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.
1898 - US gains Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba
following the Spanish-American war. US annexes Hawaii.
following the Spanish-American war. US annexes Hawaii.
1860
Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln president.
Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln president.
1860-61
Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from Union and form Confederate States of America, triggering war with abolitionist northern states.
Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from Union and form Confederate States of America, triggering war with abolitionist northern states.
1863
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Confederates defeated; slavery abolished under Thirteenth
Amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.
Confederates defeated; slavery abolished under Thirteenth
Amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.
