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Event-Manifest Destiny
Date(s)-1812-1867
Who?- US Citizens, Native Americans
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Event-Sectionalism
Date(s)-1700’s-1861
Who?-US Citizens
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Event-Emancipation Proclamation
Date(s)-1863
Who?-US Citizens, Abraham Lincoln, Slaves, Slave Owners
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Event-The Civil War: Battles at Fort Sumter, Antietam, & Gettysburg
Date(s)-Battle at Fort Sumter -1861
Battle at Antietam - 1862
Battle at Gettysburg - 1863
Who?-Union & Confederate Military; US & Confederate Citizens
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Event-Reconstruction
Date(s)-1863-1877
Who?-US Citizens, Congress, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Freed Former Slaves
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Event-Freedman’s Bureau
Date(s)-1865
Who?-Southern US States, Freed Former Slaves, Congress
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Event-Reconstruction Amendments: 13th, 14th, & 15th
Date(s)-13th Amendment - 1865
14th Amendment - 1868
15th Amendment - 1869
Who?-Congress, Freed Former Slaves, US Citizens
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Event-Election of 1876
Date(s)-1876
Who?-US Citizens, Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel J. Tilden
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Manifest Destiny - US citizens expanded westward, displacing Native Americans
Sectionalism - Divided the United States into North and South based on political and economic differences
Emancipation Proclamation - Freed slaves in Confederate states during the Civil War
The Civil War Battles - Led to a high number of casualties and significant turning points in the war
Reconstruction - Aimed to rebuild the South and provide rights for freed slaves after the Civil War
Freedman's Bureau - Provided assistance to freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War
Reconstruction Amendments - Abolished slavery, defined citizenship rights, and granted voting rights to freed slaves
Election of 1876 - Controversial election that ended Reconstruction and led to the removal of federal troops from the South