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The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. Prior to the agreement, the House of Representatives had refused to accept this compromise and a conference committee was appointed.
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A series of important laws got put into effect to settle major disputes between the free state and the slave states
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This allowed the residents of these areas to chose by popular sovernity wheather or not they wanted slaverly in there area. This caused much bloodshed.
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The election caused many problems. It was not the same as the previous election. Unlike the other elections it had four contenders for the postion of president.
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Some of the southern states secceded from the union and formed there own country; the confederate States of America.
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Shots where fired on Fort Sumter , when ships went to resupply the fort. No one was killed during this fight, but this attack started the civil war.
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The Union forces fought with Confederate forces by a creek called Bull Run, hence the name of the battle. This was the first battle the south won shocking theNorth and making the south very proud.
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The Battle of Shiloh was one of the fierces battle of the Civil War.The Unoin lost 13,000 soldiers. The Confederates lost 11,000 soldiers. The Battle os Shiloh was on the western front.
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The Unoin and The Confederatesfought for one full week.
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This was the bloodiest battle of the whole Civil War. This battle was on the Western Front.
