Construct a Timeline with the following events. They are not in order. You have to put them in order.
Click on the link of each event to find the month, day and year when possible (and more information.)
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Kentucky declares neutrality (doesn't take sides) |
| Civil War begins in Fort Sumter, South Carolina |
| Abraham Lincoln is elected president for first term |
| Abraham Lincoln is reelected president for second term |
| Abraham Lincoln becomes president |
| Virginia secedes from the Union (northern government). |
| Arkansas secedes from the Union. |
| North Carolina secedes from the Union. |
| Tennessee secedes from the Union. |
| Missouri secedes from the Union |
| West Virginia secedes from Virginia to become a new Union state. |
| Confederate union (southern government) is formed and Jefferson Davis is named President. |
| Richmond is declared Confederate capital |
| President Lincoln calls for 75,000 militia |
| Confederate Congress (southern government) declares war on the United States. |
| Confederates abandon Nashville. |
| Confederates evacuate Atlanta. |
| Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation |
| President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect. |
| President Lincoln delivers the two minute Gettysburg Address. |
| President Lincoln is assassinated |
| Final surrenders of Confederates (2 month period) to end war |
| 27 states ratify 13th amendment, the Abolishment of slavery everywhere. |
Created by Joy L. Cox Buckingham
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