what was the most significant event leading up to the civil war?
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry is an infamous event leading up the civil war. John Brown, four of his sons, and two others planned to capture an important weapons arsenal in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The goal of the mission was to aid the slaves with weapons and to start a slave rebellion in West Virginia.
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April 9, 1865 The Battle of Antietam,also known as Battle of Sharpsburg, was the first major battle of the American Civil War on union soil. It was important because it was the battle where Lincoln decided to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. He was waiting for a union victory so it wouldnt come across as desperate.
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['Prehistoric Period: 13000 BC-1650 AD.', 'Exploration to Statehood: 1650-1803.', 'Early Statehood: 1803-1846.', 'American Civil War: 1860-1865.', 'Industrialization and Urbanization: 1866-1900.', 'The Progressive Era: 1901-1928.', 'The Great Depression and World War II: 1929-1945.', 'The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement: 1946-1975.']
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['Battle of Fort Sumter.', 'First Battle of Bull Run.', 'Battle of the Ironclads.', 'Battle of Shiloh.', 'Battle of Antietam.', 'Battle of Fredericksburg.', 'Battle of Chancellorsville.', 'Siege of Vicksburg.']
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The American Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. The conflict began primarily as a result of the long-standing disagreement over the institution of slavery.
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The North's greatest weakness was its military leadership. At the start of the war, about one-third of the nation's military officers resigned and returned to their homes in the South. During much of the war, Lincoln searched for effective generals who could lead the Union to victory.
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['1754 - 1763 French and Indian war was waged.', '1760 - Industrial revolution began.', '1775 - 1783 American revolution.', '1776 - American declaration of independents.', '1789 - George Washington was elected first President.', '1791 - Bill Of Rights.', '1799 - Great Revival in America.', '1803 - Louisiana Purchase.']
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['1903: Kishinev Pogrom.', '1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War.', '1905: Peace Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.', '1914: Outbreak of World War I.', '1917: Russian Revolution of 1917.', '1917: U.S. Recognition of the Provisional Government.', '1917-1933: The October Bolshevik Revolution.', '1933: U.S. Recognition of the Soviet Union.']
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['Share.', '(1712) Pennsylvania Assembly banned importing of slaves. ... ', 'the liberty bell was commotion in 1759. ... ', 'Pennsylvania, one of the original 13 colonies, adopted the first state law to abolish slavery in 1780. ... ', 'The Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 was a turning point in the Civil War for Union forces led by Gen.']
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A civil war is a war fought between two factions within the same country, there may be more factions as well. ... WAR: War is when two or more countries fight each other on a large scale over a period of time. War usually lasts for years with a major exception being the Six-Day War.
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Southern states that seceded immediately after Lincoln's election in 1860 did so because they had already been planning it in the event of a Republican victory. Their motivation involved what they perceived as a threat to the institution of slavery, which their economy was dependent upon.
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A civil war is a war fought between citizens of the same country. The regions of the North and South were very different leading up to the American Civil War. ... In economics, the North was all about big cities and factories, whereas the South lived a farming lifestyle heavily dependent on slaves.
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The Northern Wars (1596–1720) were a period of almost continual war and preparation for war, including the Kalmar War (1611–1613), the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), the Northern War (1655–1658), the Gyldenløve War (1675–1679) and culminating in the Great Northern War (1700–1721).
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causes of the wars--the American Revolutionary War was fought for independence from Britain and unity of the colonies, while the American Civil War was fought for the preservation of the union and over states vs. national powers of government and the issue of slavery.
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Mid-Nineteenth Century The story takes place during the antebellum, or pre-Civil War period, of the United States. This was a time of American growth and expansion and, in some states, plantations and slavery.
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The Election of 1860 demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. ... The Constitutional Union Party was also new; 1860 was the first and only time the party ran a candidate for president. The results of the 1860 election pushed the nation into war.
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South Carolina acted first, calling for a convention to secede from the Union. State by state, conventions were held, and the Confederacy was formed. Within three months of Lincoln's election, seven states had seceded from the Union.