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coming to the civil war
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the mexican war and awards northern mexico to the unitefd states. -
the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
mexico gave up their claim to texas .the people and the united states paid mexico 15 million dollars. -
calhoun opposes compromise
the debate went on for months the senate had gathered up the people to hear the opinion of john c. coulhoun of the south carolina may people were interested when he present his views. he made it clear that the south did not want to leave the union. -
the election of 1856
it was a tough decision for the people to make because these two man the democrats voted james buchnan for president the republicans voted john c fremont to be president he had no experience with politics. -
the lower south sucedes
the seven states met in montgomery alabama they had created a new nation it was called a confederate states of america which is short for the confederacy. -
the war starts
lincoln believed that secession was wrong lncoln wanted to top the slavery. lincoln talked to the south ha had a plea which was he should preserve protect and defend. -
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