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Missouri Compermise
It was a compromise on whether to allow slavery in the new state of Missouri that pleased neither side and led to violance. It started the wheels in motion for the Civil War. -
Texas Annexation
This act led to the major war with Mexico -
54-40 or Fight
Was the imaganry line of longitude and latteral lines manly the fight for all of Orgon -
Wilmots Proviso
A bill that was passed to stop slavery from spreading in Texas, made the South mad, becuse they way they live was bing desized -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Gave the US most of all of the rest of the west, got arizonia, new mexico, navada , a few more. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise balanced the US bettween free & slave states for four years. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Gave the white people a way of looking at a slaves life that led up to people wanting to end slavery for good. -
Republican Party Founded
Was an anti-slavery party that was founded. The south was starting to get scared. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
An act that gave the choice to Kansas & Nebraska on wheather to become a free or slave states. This failed and led to people killing each other over free & slavery, also didnt help that people came over from other states to try and convince people to vote for what the other people think -
Gadsden Purchase
Gave the US a small piece of land needed to build railroads. -
Brooks-Sumner incident
Showed that the South was not afriad to fight for what the belive in. Brooks a South Carolina congress man beat Sumner congress man from the north for being disrespected by Sumner -
Happers Ferry Raid
A crazy man that belived in slaves being free was trying to get people to go on a killing raid which didnt end to well. He didnt get people to come and was captured and hanged. -
Election of 1860
President Abrham Lincon a Republican won the south got scared and left the US to make the CS -
Fort Sumter
The fireing on Fort Sumter was the start of the Civil War. -
First Battle of Bull Run
Union tried to surprise attack the Confederice but after play deffence for a while the went to attack and stoped the Union which resaulted in the CS winning and gave the south COFIDENCE in winning this war -
Monitor vs Merrimack
Was the first battle bettween to ironclad ships to go to war with each other,ended in a draw Moniter came to help. Merrimack was sinking Union ships -
Battle of Antietam
First big battle on northern soil, it also got Abraham Lincon to think about the Emansmpation Proclomation -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle only lasted 3 days and the Union wins, This was the turning point of the war for the Union -
Shermans March
His march distracted the army of VA so the Union can attack -
Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee surendered, Union wins the Civil War, Soon after slavery is banned
