Civil War
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- I WIN!
- We are leaving!
- Abraham Lincoln wins the 1860 presidential election.
- Slavery is wrong!
- No it's not!
- After Lincoln was elected 7 Southern states seceded. 
- Free states and slave states fought back and forth about slavery in America. 
- On April 12, 1861 the Civil War had started. Troops wee fighting for and against slavery in America.
- Over 2.75 million soldiers went on the battlefield to fight for what they thought was right.
- 2,000,000 soldiers fought for the North and 750,000 soldiers fought for the South.
- STOP!
- Over 360,200 people died from the North and 258,000 from the South.
- Over 50,000 civilians died without fighting in the war.
- More than half the soldiers ended up dying from diseases or infections after being wounded.
- This war is over. I surrender.
- One year later
- On May 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered the fight, leaving the Northerners to win. The war ended with over 620,000 soldiers dying.
- One year after the Civil War Southerners weren't happy. On April 15, 1865 went to a Ford's Theater.
- While at the theater, President Lincoln was assassinated in his box by John Wilkes Booth. April 15, 1865 marks the official death of Abraham Lincoln.
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