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Becomes a country -
Doubled the size of the United States -
Between North and South: The compromise limits slavery to the South -
Slaves by the thousands escape to the North -
Andrew Jackson ignored the Supreme Court and forced Indians to give up their lands and march 2,00 miles West. The Cherokee lands were given to American farmers to grow cotton, which required more slave labor -
The US takes all western states from Mexico. The fight began over slavery in the new states gained from Mexico -
Tubman becomes a conductor helping others escape and a voice for the enslaved -
The South forces a law which allows slaves to be pursued anywhere they escape to -
Supreme Court rules that slavery is permanent, cannot be banned, and African descent have no inherent rights -
Lincoln became a senator after debates with pro-slavery opponent -
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The state was the first to leave the United States over slavery after Lincoln elected -
All Southern states declare they have left the United States and are now a separate country called the Confederacy -
Lincoln declared a 90-day war to keep the country together, but the North lost the first battle while politicians watched and picnic -
Lincoln states that all enslaved persons are now free -
To Ulysses S. Grant the Civil War ends -
US army arrives in Texas and tells slaves they are free: Texas kept slavery even after it was illegal. Juneteenth celebrates the day the last persons were freed -
General Sherman invents "total war" as he destroys everything in his path