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Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a try to ban slavery in the new lands acquired by the US. -
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Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was fought between the Mexican people and the Americans over the northern part of Texas. -
Mexican Cession
The southwestern part of the nowadays USA was now taken by the US government through the cession. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty was between the Americans and the Mexican people over the Mexican land. This was then given to the Americans. -
Compromise of 1850
A pact of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which stopped temporarily a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War. -
Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law allowed for slaves to go back to their legal owners. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act essentially changed the policy of the current slave situation that would play a role in the Missouri Comprise. -
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“Bleeding Kansas”
“Bleeding Kansas” was a violent protesting over the issue pf whether or not slavery should be abolished. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Dred Scott v. Standford case concerned the issue of a slave named, Dred Scott, who was a former slave who then moved into a slave state with his former master. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This was a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the Senate chair in the state of Illinois. -
Raid of Harpers Ferry (1859)
The raid was an attempted armed slave revolt against the ferry boat. It ended in defeat for the rebels had lost 22 men to the gunfire of the US troops. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States of America. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Confederate army had bombed the fort down thus calling the US army into action for the start of the Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was the eight most deathly battle with over 22,000 deaths. The battle was fought between the Confederates and the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was a presidential order by Abraham Lincoln staying all slaves were now free men and could do as they pleased. -
Battle of Gettysburg
There were the most deaths in this war during the Civil War. -
Battle of Vicksburg
This was the ultimate war decision that was taken. -
Election of 1864
Abraham is elected as president for another term. -
Lincoln’s Assassination
The 16th President was shit and killed by John Wilkes Booth in a theatre. -
13th Amendment
Slavery is officially abolished in America by Congress. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act attempted to integrate former slaves into new members of the American culture. -
Military Reconstruction
This was an act that allowed for the rebuilding of the South to commence after the Civil War had been over. -
Freedmen's Bureau
This agency was generally giving away food and pther valuable resources to the post war refugees. -
Election of 1867
This was the first presidential election after the Civil War thus starting the Reconstruction of the South. Ulysses S. Grant was elected. -
14th Amendment
This amendment granted citizenship to all people including former slaves. -
15th Amendment
This amendment allowed free black men the ability to now vote for position in the US government. -
Comprimise of 1877
The compromise essentially forced all the troops, that were helping with the Reconstruction of the South, back to the North.
