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Henry Clay of Kentucky suggested a compromise. California would become a free state. but the other new territory's would have no limits on slavary
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William Lloyd Garrison an Massachusetts abolitionist had a great influence on the antislavery movement. He was one of the first white abolitionists for a immediate end to slavery.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe was a writer who made a major impact on public opinion. Her book was a best seller but some people opposed its message and the sale of it was banned in the south.
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Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois introduced a bill to settle the issue with slavery. it organized the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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James Buchanan was the Democrat candidate for the election of 1856 his opponent was Millard Fillmore for the Republican party. Buchanan won 174 to 114.
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Dred Scott was a slave for a doctor and he traveled in many different states. He lived in states where slavery was illegal so he thought he could be a free man. When he brought it to court they said he was property so he can't even come to the supreme court with a case.
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John Brown was an abolitionist who raided Harpers ferry to get weapons to African Americans. It did not work and he was hung by the neck.
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In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican to be elected. He defeated Stephen A. Douglas and John C. Breckinridge of the the Democrats and John Bell of the Union Party.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede soon many followed and they became the Confederate States of America.
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When South Carolina Seceded the North claimed Fort Sumpter. President Davis ordered them to surrender the Fort. When they wouldn't they started shooting.
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The first major battle of the Cival War was along the Bull Run Creek. The North finally retreated after the South was kicking there butt.
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This presidential proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln. They issued it after the union victory in Antietam.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought at Gettysburg. It was the most important engagment in the Cival War. The Confederate soldiers defeated the Union soldiers.
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Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military savannah campaign in the war. They made lots of destruction where ever they went.
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This was one of the last major battles of the Civil War. It was the final engagement of the Confederate army.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play. The Civil war was just drawing to a close.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play. The Civil war was just drawing to a close.